—namely, the narration at which(1) the chain reaches(2) its furthest point(3)—is(4) the marfūʿ (a report traced back to the Prophet), whether that end-point(5) is reached through an uninterrupted isnād or not.

The second is the mawqūf: a report that stops at a Companion.

The third is the maqṭūʿ: a report whose chain terminates(6) with a Successor.

As for those below the Successor—namely, the Successors of the Successors and everyone after them—the same designation applies: every report whose chain terminates(7) with any of them is likewise called maqṭūʿ. If you wish, you may instead say, “mawqūf(8) upon so-and-so.”

Difference between maqṭūʿ and munqaṭiʿ

A technical distinction has therefore been drawn between the maqṭūʿ and the munqaṭiʿ: the latter belongs to the study of the isnād, as mentioned earlier, whereas the former concerns the wording of the report itself, as you can see. Some scholars have nonetheless used this term in the place of that(9), and vice versa(10), stepping outside strict convention.