such as the early masters of this discipline, right up to al-Daraqutni. It is said that no one equal to him appeared after him in this field, and Allah knows best.

5 – Unsound Memory

As for unsound memory, they explained that what is meant is that a narrator’s correct transmissions are not more numerous than his mistakes, and that his retention and precision do not outweigh his slips and forgetfulness—that is, if he was