What is the meaning of "high isnad" and "had it fallen, it would have descended" in the context of al-Mustakhraj's narration of hadith through the chain of al-Bukhari?
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The term "elevation" ( uluw ) refers to a smaller number of narrators in an (chain of transmission), while "descent" ( nuzul ) refers to a larger number. Mustakhrajat works, such as Abu Nu'aym's Mustakhraj on Muslim, achieve uluw of the isnad due to their fewer narrators compared to narrating the through the original author.
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