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وَهُوَ بِالضَّرُورَةِ مُوجِبٌ لِلْعِلْمِ الضَّرُورِيِّ
It necessarily yields necessary knowledge.

Necessary knowledge here means knowledge whose acquisition does not depend on first arranging a formal inferential proof. When widespread reporting satisfies the appropriate conditions, certainty can arise without the listener constructing a separate syllogism.

A person's knowledge that a widely attested city exists need not come from a technical argument laid out premise by premise. Rather, the interlocking public evidence supplies assurance directly. The designation “necessary” does not mean causeless or unconditioned; it means that a fresh theoretical inference is not required for the cognition in question.

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Mutawātir Reports and Necessary Knowledge

Truthful Report: Tawatur and Necessary Knowledge

وَهُوَ بِالضَّرُورَةِ مُوجِبٌ لِلْعِلْمِ الضَّرُورِيِّ
It necessarily yields necessary knowledge.

Necessary knowledge here means knowledge whose acquisition does not depend on first arranging a formal inferential proof. When widespread reporting satisfies the appropriate conditions, certainty can arise without the listener constructing a separate syllogism.

A person's knowledge that a widely attested city exists need not come from a technical argument laid out premise by premise. Rather, the interlocking public evidence supplies assurance directly. The designation “necessary” does not mean causeless or unconditioned; it means that a fresh theoretical inference is not required for the cognition in question.