The six reports do not have identical evidentiary functions: two transmit al-Shaʿbī’s critical words, two concern statements about Qurʾān and waḥy, one says “uttuhima,” and one records Murrah’s reaction.
The practical method is to preserve each full chain and wording, avoid counting convergent routes as independent witnesses, and draw no conclusion stronger than the transmitted statement supports. The following report turns to other criticised transmitters.
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Al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar: Narrator Criticism, Variant Reports and Evidence
The six reports do not have identical evidentiary functions: two transmit al-Shaʿbī’s critical words, two concern statements about Qurʾān and waḥy, one says “uttuhima,” and one records Murrah’s reaction.
The practical method is to preserve each full chain and wording, avoid counting convergent routes as independent witnesses, and draw no conclusion stronger than the transmitted statement supports. The following report turns to other criticised transmitters.