irregularity (الشُّذُوْذ)
الحديث العقيدة أصول الفقه
التعريف :
That an acceptable narrator (who is unblemished and accurate) differs from the narration of other reliable, or more reliable narrators, in his version of either the chain of transmission or the text.
المعنى الاصطلاحي :
Parting company with the main Muslim body by opposing the scholars' consensus and what is valid and correct.
الشرح المختصر :
الشُذُوذُ لَهُ مَعْنًى عامٌ: وهو الخُروجُ عَنِ الـمَعْروفِ، ومُـخالفَةُ الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر :
"Shudhoodh": being different (in an undesirable way) in everything. Other meanings: rareness, scarcity, opposition, departure.