Al-muttafiq and al-muftariq

If the name of a narrator, and the name of his father and grandparents are the same, however the individuals are different, then this is termed muttafiq[1] and muftariq.[2]


[1] Muttafiq means conforming in name.

[2] Muftariq means a different person. For example there is Khalīl bin Aḥmad. Likewise there were two Muḥammad bin Ya’qūb bin Yūsuf living at one time, both of whom al-Ḥākim narrates from. 

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