diff --git a/apps/hadis/migrations/0038_alter_booksubjectarea_options_and_more.py b/apps/hadis/migrations/0038_alter_booksubjectarea_options_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d6496f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hadis/migrations/0038_alter_booksubjectarea_options_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.30 on 2026-08-31 17:52
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('hadis', '0037_remove_bookedition_tags_remove_bookreference_tags_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='booksubjectarea',
+            options={'ordering': ('-created_at', '-id'), 'verbose_name': 'Subject Area', 'verbose_name_plural': 'Subject Areas'},
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='hadistransmitter',
+            name='is_uncertain',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Whether this transmission node is doubtful between multiple candidate narrators', verbose_name='is uncertain/doubtful'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='hadistransmitter',
+            name='uncertain_transmitters',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='Candidate narrators when is_uncertain is True', related_name='uncertain_hadis_nodes', to='hadis.transmitters', verbose_name='uncertain candidate transmitters'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='hadistransmitter',
+            name='transmitter',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='hadises', to='hadis.transmitters', verbose_name='transmitter'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/hadis/models/transmitter.py b/apps/hadis/models/transmitter.py
index bc0a1d8..9ecb73c 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/models/transmitter.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/models/transmitter.py
@@ -345,9 +345,23 @@ class HadisTransmitter(models.Model):
     )
     transmitter = models.ForeignKey(
         Transmitters,
-        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
         verbose_name=_('transmitter'),
-        related_name='hadises'
+        related_name='hadises',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True
+    )
+    is_uncertain = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        verbose_name=_('is uncertain/doubtful'),
+        help_text=_('Whether this transmission node is doubtful between multiple candidate narrators')
+    )
+    uncertain_transmitters = models.ManyToManyField(
+        Transmitters,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name='uncertain_hadis_nodes',
+        verbose_name=_('uncertain candidate transmitters'),
+        help_text=_('Candidate narrators when is_uncertain is True')
     )
     
     chain_index = models.PositiveIntegerField(
diff --git a/apps/hadis/serializers/hadis.py b/apps/hadis/serializers/hadis.py
index 045605b..207ae0e 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/serializers/hadis.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/serializers/hadis.py
@@ -789,15 +789,16 @@ class TransmitterSyncSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 
 class HadisTransmitterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-
     """Serializer for HadisTransmitter with transmitter details"""
     transmitter = TransmitterShortSerializer(read_only=True)
+    uncertain_transmitters = TransmitterShortSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
     layer = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     status = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
+
     class Meta:
         model = HadisTransmitter
         fields = [
-            'id', 'order', 'is_gap','layer', 'transmitter', 'status'
+            'id', 'order', 'is_gap', 'is_uncertain', 'layer', 'transmitter', 'uncertain_transmitters', 'status'
         ]
 
     
diff --git a/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py b/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
index 6f14176..6e3e2c9 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/serializers/serializers_admin.py
@@ -1613,12 +1613,28 @@ class AdminCategoryQuranVerseSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 
 class AdminHadisTransmitterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    transmitter_detail = AdminTransmitterListSerializer(source="transmitter", read_only=True)
+    uncertain_transmitters = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
+        many=True,
+        queryset=Transmitters.objects.all(),
+        required=False
+    )
+    uncertain_transmitters_detail = AdminTransmitterListSerializer(
+        source="uncertain_transmitters",
+        many=True,
+        read_only=True
+    )
+
     class Meta:
         model = HadisTransmitter
         fields = [
             "id",
             "hadis",
             "transmitter",
+            "transmitter_detail",
+            "is_uncertain",
+            "uncertain_transmitters",
+            "uncertain_transmitters_detail",
             "chain_index",
             "narrator_layer",
             "status",
@@ -1626,6 +1642,20 @@ class AdminHadisTransmitterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             "is_gap",
         ]
 
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        uncertain_transmitters = validated_data.pop("uncertain_transmitters", None)
+        instance = super().create(validated_data)
+        if uncertain_transmitters is not None:
+            instance.uncertain_transmitters.set(uncertain_transmitters)
+        return instance
+
+    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
+        uncertain_transmitters = validated_data.pop("uncertain_transmitters", None)
+        instance = super().update(instance, validated_data)
+        if uncertain_transmitters is not None:
+            instance.uncertain_transmitters.set(uncertain_transmitters)
+        return instance
+
 
 class AdminTransmitterOpinionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     scholar_name = serializers.JSONField(required=False, default=list)
diff --git a/apps/hadis/views/hadis.py b/apps/hadis/views/hadis.py
index 2f59388..4030a05 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/views/hadis.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/views/hadis.py
@@ -575,8 +575,9 @@ class HadisTransmittersView(RetrieveAPIView):
         # We start with the base optimization (select_related)
         transmitter_qs = HadisTransmitter.objects.select_related(
             'transmitter', 
-            'narrator_layer'
-        ).order_by('order')
+            'narrator_layer',
+            'status'
+        ).prefetch_related('uncertain_transmitters').order_by('order')
 
         # 3. Apply the filter to the Child Query (if param exists)
         if layer_slug:
diff --git a/apps/hadis/views_admin.py b/apps/hadis/views_admin.py
index 7669b93..7e134b8 100644
--- a/apps/hadis/views_admin.py
+++ b/apps/hadis/views_admin.py
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ class AdminHadisTransmitterViewSet(ModelViewSet):
     parser_classes = (JSONParser, MultiPartParser, FormParser)
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        queryset = HadisTransmitter.objects.all().select_related("transmitter", "narrator_layer", "status")
+        queryset = HadisTransmitter.objects.all().select_related("transmitter", "narrator_layer", "status").prefetch_related("uncertain_transmitters")
         hadis_id = self.request.query_params.get("hadis_id")
         if hadis_id:
             queryset = queryset.filter(hadis_id=hadis_id)