«وقيل: إن الشافعي رحمه الله جعله للترتيب»
A view attributing a sequential reading of waaw to al-Shafi‘i is also mentioned.
The Hanafi analysis maintains that order is not inherent in waaw's original signification. An opposing reading may cite textual occurrences where two things are performed in a particular order. The real dispute is whether that order arises from the particle itself or from independent evidence.
A practice may have a required order under another proof without making waaw a universal marker of succession whenever it is used.