Different Ways of Presenting Ḥadīth: Why Abū Ḥanīfah Did Not Always Cite the Isnād

Answer

There is, moreover, one method of relating ḥadīth among the muḥaddithūn: [ar]حَدَّثَنِي فُلَانٌ عَنْ فُلَانٍ عَنْ فُلَانٍ[/ar] "So-and-so related to me, from so-and-so, from so-and-so" — and so they continue on.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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