The reported figures of seventy and fifty thousand differ. Their difference alone, however, is not a complete proof that every statement was fabricated. What matters for individual reports is the actual text, chain and transmission precision.
Number claimed, attribution of that claim, and reliability of the claimed reports are three distinct questions. One does not establish the next automatically.
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Narrator Criticism: Al-Mughīrah b. Saʿīd, Shaqīq and Jābir al-Juʿfī
The reported figures of seventy and fifty thousand differ. Their difference alone, however, is not a complete proof that every statement was fabricated. What matters for individual reports is the actual text, chain and transmission precision.
Number claimed, attribution of that claim, and reliability of the claimed reports are three distinct questions. One does not establish the next automatically.