Which is the sound statement on certainty in mutawatir and solitary reports?
Comprehensive Review and Applied Reasoning in Usul al-Fiqh
- Acting on solitary reports gives them the certainty of mass transmission
- Certainty in mutawatir and authority of solitary reports are distinct issues
- Mashhur and solitary reports cannot have any legal authority
- Mutawatir certainty depends only on a narrator’s legal expertise