A *ṭabaqah* is a group sharing relevant characteristics. In some contexts it concerns period and teachers; in this discussion, the ensuing comparisons especially concern retention, precision, and reliability of transmission.
Being contemporaries therefore does not establish equal precision, nor does recognizing a transmitter’s truthfulness automatically place his memory at the level of every more precise transmitter.
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The Compilation Method: Narrator Tiers, Justified Repetition and Abridgement
A *ṭabaqah* is a group sharing relevant characteristics. In some contexts it concerns period and teachers; in this discussion, the ensuing comparisons especially concern retention, precision, and reliability of transmission.
Being contemporaries therefore does not establish equal precision, nor does recognizing a transmitter’s truthfulness automatically place his memory at the level of every more precise transmitter.