#2: Study of Hadith: Kinds of Ahadith According to "Missing Narrators in their Sanad"

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Al-Munqati

A hadith where one or more narrators are missing from the chain (but not consecutively).

Al-Mursal

A hadith where a Tabi’i (Successor) directly attributes it to the Prophet (saw), skipping the Sahabi (Companion)

Al-Muallaq

A hadith where the beginning of the chain is missing, sometimes skipping one or more narrators up to the compiler.

Al-Mu’dhal

A hadith where two or more consecutive narrators are missing from the chain.

Al-Mudallas

A hadith where a narrator hides a defect in the chain by using vague words to imply direct hearing when they didn’t actually hear it.

Al-Mursal al-Khafi

A hadith where a narrator claims to have heard from someone, but in reality, they did not meet that person.