Narrator Criticism: Teacher Verification, Conflicting Ascriptions and Claims of Hearing

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• In report 72, what is the best reading of «tear up my letter»?
• Why is it wrong to apply the criticism of the Wāsiṭ judge to Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah?
• Which limited conclusion does report 73 establish concerning Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī?
• Which balance is correct when translating and explaining «kadhaba»?
• How does Shuʿbah argue against al-Ḥasan b. ʿUmārah in report 74?
• What is the immediate focus of the Uḥud example in report 74?
• What source did al-Ḥakam name to Shuʿbah regarding the prayer for children born outside marriage?
• When a student ascribes a teacher’s statement through a different route, what should a critic first do?
• Which sequence of sources did Ziyād name when Yazīd questioned him repeatedly?
• Which principle best fits the differing chains in report 75?
• In what capacity is ʿAbd al-Ṣamad’s remark about Ziyād reported?
• In the phrase about meeting Ziyād, what does nominative «ʿAbdu» indicate?
• What is Ziyād’s “I heard nothing from Anas” direct evidence against?
• Which two grammatical analyses of «فَأَنْتُمَا لَا تَعْلَمَانِ» does al-Nawawī allow?
• What decision did Abū Dāwūd and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān make after Ziyād continued transmitting?
• What distinction is needed when assessing Ziyād’s «I repent»?
• What does the question about «ḥadīth al-ʿaṭṭārah» establish?
• Which is the clearest direct evidence about a particular chain in reports 72–76?
• How do a changing teacher attribution and an express admission of non-meeting differ?
• What methodological approach emerges from these five reports?