Which broad inference does al-Nawawī’s acceptance of this connected route NOT establish?
The Prohibition on Relating Everything Heard: Verification, Selection and Audience
- There is evidence here supporting the connected form
- Every added narrator link in every chain must be accepted without critical scrutiny
- Comparing routes matters in mursal/connected disputes
- Al-Dāraquṭnī and al-Nawawī genuinely differ over preference