An Explanation of the Principle, “Jarh is Given Precedence over Ta‘dīl”
by Mawlānā ‘Abdul Hayy al-Laknawī When Jarh (narrator-criticism) and Ta‘dīl (narrator-accreditation) conflict with regards to a single narrator[1], in that some have criticised him and others have accredited him[2], then there are three views about this: