What necessarily follows for “I had narrated none” when one is narrated later?
Narrator Criticism: Al-Mughīrah b. Saʿīd, Shaqīq and Jābir al-Juʿfī
- The later transmission may reflect a change after the earlier claim
- The earlier statement necessarily becomes a lie at the time it was made
- It proves all previously unreported texts sound
- It conclusively proves the claimed full collection existed