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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(1)

Kuzari · Yehuda HaLevi (Kuzari) · 1120 CE

High

(מח) אָמַר הַכּוּזָרִי: זֶה הַפְּרָט מַרְחִיק הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה הָרָעָה מִן הַלֵּב מֵהַכָּזָב וְהַהַסְכָּמָה. כִּי דָבָר כָּזֶה אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּסְכִּימוּ עָלָיו עֲשָׂרָה מִבְּלִי שֶׁיִּתְבַּלְבְּלוּ וִ

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