The legal classifications of nabīdh and the details of punishment for intoxication are outside this report’s immediate purpose. The issue is that opposing statements were ascribed to one teacher, and a student claiming direct hearing contradicted one attribution.
A careful critic would consider the context, exact words and transmitter reliability. A conflict does not by itself settle every question of intention or the entire legal controversy.
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Reports of ʿAmr ibn ʿUbayd: Attribution, Conflicting Accounts and Evidence of Criticism
The legal classifications of nabīdh and the details of punishment for intoxication are outside this report’s immediate purpose. The issue is that opposing statements were ascribed to one teacher, and a student claiming direct hearing contradicted one attribution.
A careful critic would consider the context, exact words and transmitter reliability. A conflict does not by itself settle every question of intention or the entire legal controversy.