Khabar, wanda yake daidai da kalmomin hadisi da Sunnah, dangane da silsilar isnadi (hanyar watsawa), ana raba shi zuwa khabar mutawatir (labari mai yawan watsuwa) da khabar ahad (labari guda ɗaya). Mutawatir ya ƙunshi abubuwa huɗu, su ne:

The khabar (report) which is synonymous with the terms hadīth and Sunnah, in terms of the line of transmission is divided into the khabar mutawatir (continuously recurrent report) and khabar ahad (isolated report). The mutawatir comprises of four issues, they are:

1. Yawan masu ruwaya ya kamata ya zama ƙungiya, kuma ba a takaita shi da wani adadi na musamman ba. Saboda haka duk adadin da ya tabbata cewa ƙungiya ne ana ɗaukarsa mutawatir, muddin ya cika sauran sharuɗɗan. 2. Ya kamata ya hana haɗakar juna a kan ƙarya, wannan kuma yana bambanta gwargwadon bambancin mutane da wurare. Don haka mutum biyar kamar 'Ali ibn Abi Talib sun isa a ɗauki rahoto a matsayin mutawatir. Watakila tare da wasu mutanen biyar ba za su isa ba. Masu ruwaya biyar waɗanda ba su taɓa haduwa ba daga ƙasashe biyar daban-daban na iya isa rahoton ya zama mutawatir, domin ba su haɗu a wuri ɗaya ba don su haɗa kai. Watakila rahoto (khabr) daga adadi irin wannan na mutane a ƙasa ɗaya bai isa ba.