Ṣaḥīḥ li dhātihī
Syed Fahīm al-Dīn1 min read
A ḥadīth is classed as a ṣaḥīḥ li dhātihī if it is a khabr wāḥid narrated:
- By a narrator who is considered ‘ādil (upright)
- With complete ḍabt (precision and accuracy)
- With a connected chain
- Which is not mu’allal[1] (defective)
- Nor is it shādh (rare)
[1] The definitions of mu’allal and shādh will come in detail later on.