What follows when two chains share Mughīrah and al-Shaʿbī?

Al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar: Narrator Criticism, Variant Reports and Evidence

• They are two independent direct witnesses of al-Ḥārith’s falsehood
• Every variant word is thereby automatically established
• The common transmitters show the criticism is false
• The upper transmission can be compared, but the original witness remains common