Some Companions report matters without directly quoting the Prophet ﷺ or explicitly describing his actions. Nevertheless, the content may address something that could not ordinarily be known through independent reasoning or experience. In such cases, the report may be treated as constructively marfūʿ.
The inference has conditions. One examines whether the matter allows personal reasoning and whether the Companion might have learned it through Israelite accounts or another non-Prophetic source.
Constructive elevation is a technical inference, not the literal equivalent of “the Messenger of Allah said.” Where the basis for the inference is missing, marfūʿ attribution cannot simply be assumed.