What distinction about evaluating claims follows from wa-ṣaḥḥa ʿan al-thiqāt and wa-lā nuṣaddiqu kāhinan?
Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication
- Every extraordinary claim is accepted without evidence
- Assessing sound reports differs from credulously accepting divination
- Every trustworthy narrator is necessarily a diviner
- No event can be known through reports