Munqati

Munqati (lit. broken) is an Islamic term used in the science of Hadith (the doings and sayings of Muhammad); a munqati hadith is one in which the historical chain of people reporting the hadith is incomplete.

Definition

If an isnad (chain of reporters) lacks the Sahaba link, meaning none of the prophet's companions are mentioned, it is called a Mursal. However, if it is broken somewhere else, it is called Munqati [ [http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/Ulum/asb2.html An Introduction To The Science Of Hadith: The Classification Of Hadith According To The Links In The Isnad ] ] .

A hadith that seems to be muttasil (continuous), but one of the reporters is known to have never heard hadiths from his immediate authority, even though they lived at the same time, the isnad is Munqati.

It is also applied when someone says "a man told me" [ [http://islamonline.net/English/HadithAndItsSciences/HadithMethodology/2005/05/01.shtml Islam Online - Hadith & Its Sciences ] ] .

unni view

Sunnis differentiate between a Mursal and a Munqati, viewing the Munqati as weaker.

hi'a view

Shia'a do not differentiate between a Mursal and a Munqati isnad.

References

ee also

*List of notable Muslim reports