Companions, Successors, Mukhāḍramūn, and Attribution of Reports

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• Which set correctly states the central conditions of Companion status?
• Why is “met the Prophet” more inclusive than “saw the Prophet”?
• A person saw the Prophet while an unbeliever and accepted Islam only after his death. Does that encounter alone establish Companion status?
• A believer met the Prophet, later apostatized, returned to Islam, and died Muslim. What is the preferred classification?
• Which condition is not required in the definition of a Companion?
• A child met the Prophet but could not directly hear a particular hadith. What is the right distinction?
• A blind believer met the Prophet and died Muslim. Which fact is not a barrier to Companion status?
• Which kind of evidence can legitimately establish Companion status?
• What is the first essential historical question about a person claiming to be a Companion?
• What is a Companion report called when the Companion did not directly hear the narrated account from the Prophet?
• A Companion’s independent opinion has a sound chain but no Prophetic attribution. What is its classification by attribution?
• What is the central criterion in the preferred definition of a Successor?
• Which proposed requirement is NOT necessary under the preferred definition of a Successor?
• What is an important difference in the timing of faith for Companions and Successors?
• A report’s attribution ends at a Successor’s own statement. What is its technical category?
• Which statement correctly distinguishes maqṭūʿ and munqaṭiʿ?
• Which description identifies the mukhāḍramūn?
• What technical lesson is illustrated by the example of the Negus?
• If a report quotes Ibn ʿUmar’s own words without Prophetic attribution, what is its classification?
• A report explicitly says “the Messenger ﷺ said” but a transmitter is missing from its chain. Which assessment is correct?
• What distinctive attribution characterizes ḥadīth qudsī?
• What does the label “ḥadīth qudsī” itself establish regarding authenticity?
• Which case specifically illustrates the transitional mukhāḍram generation rather than a Companion?
• What is the appropriate methodological order in classifying a newly encountered report?
• A single authentic encounter with the Prophet ﷺ in faith may establish companionship; prolonged association is not required.
• A person must physically see the Prophet ﷺ with their eyes at the meeting to qualify as a Companion.
• Every Successor must have heard at least one hadith directly from a Companion.
• A mukhāḍram may have been Muslim during the Prophetic lifetime without having met the Prophet ﷺ.
• Calling a report maqṭūʿ necessarily means that a transmitter is missing from its chain.
• Even though a ḥadīth qudsī is attributed to Allah, its authenticity still requires hadith-critical examination.