Knowing only that an early narrator transmitted Hadith does not yet tell us whether he was a Companion or a Successor.
Look for these facts:
• Whom did the person meet?
• Was the person a believer at that encounter?
• For the Companion definition, do we also know that the person died upon faith?
Living in the same period, or reading about someone, is not the same as meeting that person.
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Knowing only that an early narrator transmitted Hadith does not yet tell us whether he was a Companion or a Successor.
Look for these facts:
• Whom did the person meet?
• Was the person a believer at that encounter?
• For the Companion definition, do we also know that the person died upon faith?
Living in the same period, or reading about someone, is not the same as meeting that person.