If the dropping of the narrator is clear, this is mursal wāḍiḥ.
If the dropping of the narrator is unclear, this is mursal khafī.
If a narrator is dropped from the sanad with the intention of deceit the ḥadīth is mudallas; without that intent it is mursal.
A musalsal ḥadīth is one in which all narrators agree in wording, action, or characteristic at every link in the chain.
Names of narrators written identically in Arabic script but distinguished by dots or vowel marks fall under the muʾtalif and mukhtalif category.
