Trustworthy Transmission, the Report of a Fāsiq, and Responsible Narration

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• Whose duty is singled out by “ʿarafa al-tamyīz”?
• What does “saqīmihā” mean here?
• Which two dimensions are paired in “sound provenance and sitārah of its narrators”?
• How does “wa-an yattaqiya” relate grammatically to “an lā yarwiya”?
• What qualified position concerning propagators and non-propagators of non-disbelieving innovation does al-Nawawī favor?
• What does al-Nawawī report about narration from one whose innovation amounts to disbelief?
• What is the correct implication of “fa-tabayyanū” for hadith transmission?
• What common principle does Muslim draw from the verses on acceptable and just witnesses?
• What does “the report of a fāsiq is not accepted” mean in this reasoning?
• In what respect does Muslim draw an analogy between report and testimony?
• Which distinction concerning solitary reports and witness numbers is correct?
• What does Muslim add by invoking “the Sunnah indicates…”?
• Which additional conduct is included by “whoever transmits on my authority”?
• Which distinction matters when applying “yurā annahu kadhib”?
• Who is the Companion at the end of the first complete chain?
• What is the function of “ḥ” in the second isnād?
• What do “qālā … dhālika” refer to?
• What cannot be concluded merely from the existence of two routes here?
• If continuity remains uncertain in a chain, what is the proper scholarly response?