Shuʿbah tests two ascriptions against al-Ḥakam’s own answers: one regarding the funeral prayer at Uḥud and another regarding the source of a ruling about children born outside marriage.
The reasoning is specific: when a student’s attribution conflicts with the named teacher’s directly reported answer, the claimed route requires scrutiny. Resolving that tension may also require other students’ accounts, evidence of multiple hearings, and assessment of possible transmission errors.
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Narrator Criticism: Teacher Verification, Conflicting Ascriptions and Claims of Hearing
Shuʿbah tests two ascriptions against al-Ḥakam’s own answers: one regarding the funeral prayer at Uḥud and another regarding the source of a ruling about children born outside marriage.
The reasoning is specific: when a student’s attribution conflicts with the named teacher’s directly reported answer, the claimed route requires scrutiny. Resolving that tension may also require other students’ accounts, evidence of multiple hearings, and assessment of possible transmission errors.