Hadith Terminologies
Mu‘allaq (Hanging Chain)
A Hadith whose initial part or the entire chain (Sanad) is deliberately omitted.

Another definition of Muallaq: A Muallaq narration is one in which the author does not mention some narrators from the beginning of the chain but starts the chain from the middle or end; in other words, narrators from the start of the chain are omitted.