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hadeeth scholars defined it as a break between the Successors and theCompanion. Ibn Hajar preferred this definition and added that the break couldoccur at more than one place in the chain. 39 An example of this category can befound in the following narration from Ibn Abee Haatim’s collection:روى عبد الرزاقِ‏ عنِ‏ الث َّورِي عن أ َبِي إِسحاق عن زيدٍ‏ بنِ‏ يث َيعٍ‏ عن حذ َيف َة َ عنِ‏ النبِي صل َّى االلهُ‏عل َيهِ‏ وسل َّم ق َال َ:‏ (( إِن ْ ول َّيتموها أ َبا بك ْرٍ‏ ف َق َوِي أ َمِين ))‘Abdur-Razzaaq narrated from ath-Thawree from Aboo Is’haaq from Zayd ibnYuthay‘ from the Prophet (r) that he said, “It would be good if you made AbooBakr your leader (Waali) for he is strong and trustworthy.” 40The narrator Shurayk has been deleted from the middle of the chain between ath-Thawree and Aboo Is’haaq because ath-Thawree did not hear any narrations fromAboo Is’haaq directly, but used to hear them through Shurayk who studied underAboo Is’haaq.iv. Mu‘dal (double break)Linguistically, mu‘dal is derived from عضل َ ‘ adala which means “to beperplexed”. Technically it refers to a hadeeth in which two or more consecutivenarrators are deleted in the middle or the end of the chain. If two or morenarrators are deleted from the beginning its called mu‘allaq. E.g. Al-Haakimmentions in his book Ma‘rifah ‘Uloom al-Hadeeth that al-Qa‘nabee 41 reportedfrom Maalik, that a report reached him that Aboo Hurayrah said that Allaah’smessenger said,لِل ْممل ُوكِ‏ ط َعامه وكِسوته ، و لا َ يك َل َّف مِن ال ْعملِ‏ إِ‏ لا َّ ما يطِيق ))“The mamlook (slave) should be given food and clothing according tonormal standards and not be burdened with work beyond his ability.”This hadeeth is classified as mu‘dal because Imaam Maalik has deleted two orthree narrators between himself and Aboo Hurayrah. We know two were deletedbecause the same hadeeth has been collected in other collections besides al-))39 The Science of Authenticating the Prophet’s Traditions, p. 81.40 Collected by Ibn Abee Haatim.41 ‘Abdullaah ibn Maslamah ibn Qa‘nab (d. 221AH), a minor Successor, who lived in Madeenahand studied under Imaam Maalik ibn Anas. Al-Bukhaaree narrated from him.