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Tatabbu' 80

Byzantines: 'Abd al-Karim b. Harith never met al-Mustawrid b. Shaddad — broken chain

Hadith Text

This is a Tatabbu' entry -- a cross-collection scholarly follow-up.

Tatabbu' (literally "the follow-up") is the short name for Kitab al-Ilzamat wa al-Tatabbu', a 10th-century work by the hadith scholar al-Daraqutni reviewing specific narrations in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The number in the reference points to that catalog's entry -- not a hadith number on this site -- so a direct hadith link is not always available.

Read the full Tatabbu' explanation on the collection page

Muslim reference: Kitab al-fitan (Alamiyya 5170)

Scholarly Critique

Scholar: al-Daraqutni
Critique Type: Defective isnad (munqati')
Scholar Grading: Questioned narration (broken chain)

Ibn Hajar: Muslim includes second narration with intact isnad in the same chapter; al-Daraqutni's critique is technically valid but tradition is secure.

Final Assessment and Source

Final Grade: Sahih (tradition has multiple sound narrations; one chain is broken)
Source: Brown (2004), JIS 15:1, pp. 23-24; Tatabbu' no. 80

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