Why do many critics treat a Companion’s “from the Sunnah” as constructively marfūʿ?
Isnād, Matn, Explicit and Constructive Marfūʿ, and Mawqūf
- Because “sunnah” always means a Successor’s view
- Because all Companion acts are mutawātir
- Because the phrase from a Companion normally points to Prophetic precedent
- Because it explicitly authenticates a narrator