Why is it wrong to apply the criticism of the Wāsiṭ judge to Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah?
Narrator Criticism: Teacher Verification, Conflicting Ascriptions and Claims of Hearing
- Their times differ, so every related chain is broken
- Belonging to the same family makes a grandfather’s hadith rating apply to his grandsons
- A city attribution alone determines authenticity
- Similarity of names or kunyahs does not establish identical identity