Jahālah here means that a narrator is unfamiliar or unknown. It is the eighth cause in the studied list of reasons for unreliability.
The questions are:
• Who is this narrator?
• Is his standing known well enough to assess trust in his transmission?
Here the term does not simply mean a lack of education. It concerns missing information about a narrator.
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Unknown narrators: identity and standing
Jahālah here means that a narrator is unfamiliar or unknown. It is the eighth cause in the studied list of reasons for unreliability.
The questions are:
• Who is this narrator?
• Is his standing known well enough to assess trust in his transmission?
Here the term does not simply mean a lack of education. It concerns missing information about a narrator.