Mashhūr Hadith and the Two Uses of Mustafīḍ

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• If one generation has only two narrators while the others have more than three, what follows under the definition of mashhūr taught here?
• The mashhūr conditions hold, but narrator numbers differ between generations. Under the narrower use of mustafīḍ, which statement is correct?
• Match each statement to the aspect it concerns.
• Where mustafīḍ is used simply as another name for mashhūr, equal narrator numbers in every generation must still be imposed as an additional condition.
• If narrator abundance reaches tawātur and its remaining conditions also hold, why not call it merely mashhūr on the grounds that there are more than three narrators?