he narrated by handing over (حَدَّثَنَا فِيْمَا نَاوَلَنَا)

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التعريف :

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This is a formula to narrate the hadiths the narrator and his colleagues learnt from their teacher through handing over. It may be used by a single narrator to give himself a higher status, not to indicate a group of students.