Question

What is meant by “Mutaba’ah” in Hadith?

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Answer

This is a technical term which refers to a supporting/ corroborating narrator who also reports a Hadith from the same source as another narrator (who is sometimes weak).

When a chain of narrators has a defective narrator, a supporting narrator can lend enough strength (depending on the level of weakness) and allow the Hadith to be deemed reliable.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar