Why is it unsound to equate al-Mughīrah b. Saʿīd automatically with an earlier “Mughīrah”?
Narrator Criticism: Al-Mughīrah b. Saʿīd, Shaqīq and Jābir al-Juʿfī
- Because ʿan in a chain always identifies one person by kunya
- Because full lineages appear only with Companions
- A shared first name does not establish identity without lineage and transmitter context
- Because shared names are irrelevant in early criticism