And if, in the case of a tābiʿī (Successor), the narrator says, “He raises it,” the report is deemed a marfūʿ mursal. As for those who claim that every Qurʾānic explanation given by a Companion is marfūʿ, this applies only when the explanation is linked to the reason for the revelation of a verse or something comparable; in all other instances it remains mawqūf. Allah knows best.

The eighth category:
Al-maqṭūʿ
Its plural is al-maqāṭīʿ. It is a narration that terminates with a tābiʿī, whether as his statement or his deed. Imām al-Shāfiʿī employed the term in this sense, and later al-Ṭabarānī used it for what others call the munqaṭiʿ (broken-chain report).

The ninth category:
Al-mursal
The scholars of all schools agree that when a senior tābiʿī says, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said such-and-such,” or “did such-and-such,” the report is classified as mursal. However, if one or more narrators are missing before the tābiʿī, then—according to al-Ḥākim and other ḥadith critics—the term mursal no longer applies; they restrict it to a tābiʿī who reports directly from the Prophet ﷺ. If a single narrator is omitted, the report is munqaṭiʿ; if two or more are omitted, it is muʿḍal and therefore munqaṭiʿ as well.