One route has five links to the Prophet but includes a weak transmitter; another has seven reliable transmitters. What follows?

Comprehensive Review III: Chains, Narrators, Transmission and Biographical Criticism

• The first is necessarily more authentic because it is elevated
• The first is higher numerically, but the second may be stronger in authenticity
• Both are necessarily equally authentic because the text is the same
• The second is necessarily stronger because it has more links