Is the Chain of Transmission “ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb from His Father from His Grandfather” Connected?
Source: Fatawa Ameenpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Ameenpuri
❖ Question
Is the chain of transmission “ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather” considered connected (muttasil)?
❖ Answer
Yes, it is connected (muttasil).
❀ ʿAllamah Hazimi (رحمه الله, 584H) said:
الأكثرون على أنها متصلة ليس فيها إرسال ولا انقطاع.
“The majority of scholars hold that it is connected, containing neither irsal nor disconnection.”
(Al-Iʿtibar, p. 42; Al-Imam by Ibn Daqiq al-ʿEid, 2/324; Tahdhib al-Sunan by Ibn al-Qayyim, 1/126)
