the Prophet himself and handed down in a tradition.
(2) Hadís-i-Mauquf, a restricted tradition, is a saying or an act related or performed by one of the asháb or companions of the Prophet.
(3) Hadís-i-Maqtuʾ, an intersected tradition, is a saying or an act related or performed by one of the Tábaʾín, or those who conversed with the companions of the Prophet.
III. With reference to the links in the chain of the narrators of the tradition, a Hadís is either Muttasil, connected, or Munqataʾ, disconnected. If the chain of narrators is complete from the time of the first utterance of the saying or performance of the act recorded to the time that it was written down by the collector of traditions, it is Muttasil; but if the chain of narrators is incomplete, it is Munqataʾ.
IV. With reference to the manner in which the tradition has been narrated, and transmitted down from the first:—
(1) Hadís-i-Mutawátir, an undoubted tradition, is one which is handed down by very many distinct chains of narrators, and which has been always accepted as authentic and genuine, no doubt ever having been raised
