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The mutawātir
When the number of transmitters becomes so great that, in ordinary circumstances, it would be impossible for them all to have agreed upon a lie, the report is called mutawātir (mass-transmitted). -
The fard
A gharīb report is also described as fard (unique).
5-a. The relative fard
What is meant by “its narrator is one” is that this singleness may occur at even a single point in the chain of transmission; in that case it is called a fard nisbī (relative fard).
5-b. The absolute fard
If the report is solitary at every level of the chain, it is termed fard muṭlaq (absolute fard).
الْمُتَوَاتر
وَإِن بلغت رُوَاته فِي الْكَثْرَة إِلَى أَن يَسْتَحِيل فِي الْعَادة تواطؤهم على الْكَذِب يُسمى متواترا
الْفَرد
وَيُسمى الْغَرِيب فَردا أَيْضا
الْفَرد النسبي
وَالْمرَاد بِكَوْن رَاوِيه وَاحِدًا كَونه كَذَلِك وَلَو فِي مَوضِع وَاحِد من الْإِسْنَاد لكنه يُسمى فَردا نسبيا
الْفَرد الْمُطلق
وَإِن كَانَ فِي كل مَوضِع مِنْهُ يُسمى فَردا مُطلقًا