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Mutawātir vs. Āḥād (Mass- vs. Solitary-Transmission)

The distinction between reports transmitted by so many independent chains that collusion is impossible (mutawātir, yielding certainty) and those with fewer (āḥād, yielding probability).

The distinction between reports transmitted by so many independent chains that collusion is impossible (mutawātir, yielding certainty) and those with fewer (āḥād, yielding probability).

How it traveled

  1. Burhan Fi Usul Fiqh
    Nishapur · 1085
    explains
  2. Mustasfa
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  3. Daruri Fi Usul Fiqh
    Cordoba · 1198
    explains
  4. Mafatih Ghayb
    Samarkand · 1210
    explains
  5. Mahsul
    Samarkand · 1210
    explains

Key passages(20)

Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

Very high

Jawab Fi Hilf · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Jawab Sahih · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Mustasfa · al-Ghazali

Very high

Sharh al-ʿAdud · al-Iji

Very high

Sharh Talwih · al-Taftazani

Very high

Sharh al-Talwih ʿala al-Tawdih · al-Taftazani

Very high

Nahj Haqq · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Rafʿ al-Malam ʿan al-Aʾimma al-Aʿlam · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Awail Maqalat · al-Mufid

Very high

al-Bab al-Hadi ʿAshar · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Burhan Fi Usul Fiqh · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

Very high

Darʾ Taʿarud al-ʿAql wa-l-Naql · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Daruri Fi Usul Fiqh · Ibn Rushd

Very high

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Ithbat Sifat al-ʿUluww · Ibn Qudama

Very high

Mabadi Wusul · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high
Mahsul 2396↗challenges

Mahsul · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high