Al-marfūʿ (literally, that which is raised) is what is attributed to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
The definition of al-mawqūf in al-Mulakhkhaṣ: al-mawqūf (literally, halted) consists of the sayings and actions of the Companions (raḍ. ʿanhum).
If any one of the attributes of the ṣaḥīḥ or the ḥasan is missing, the ḥadīth is ḍaʿīf (literally, weak).
Al-maqṭūʿ (literally, severed) consists of the sayings and actions of the tābiʿūn and those after them.
Four definitions of al-musnad across al-Khaṭīb, Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Ḥākim and Ibn Ḥajar, with the author's objection to Ibn Ḥajar's equating al-Ḥākim's definition with his own.
