A weak narrator raises a report while several trustworthy transmitters preserve it as mawquf. What is the appropriate initial analysis?

Ziyadat al-Thiqah, Mahfuz and Shadh, Ma‘ruf and Munkar

• A possible ma`ruf/munkar comparison after examining the routes
• Prefer the raised form because it is longer
• Call it necessarily mutawatir
• Reject the mawquf merely because it stops at a Companion