The textbook divides narrators further by scholarly profile. The first category is:
«معروف بالعلم والاجتهاد، كالخلفاء الأربعة والعبادلة»
Those recognized for learning and independent juristic reasoning, such as the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Companions known as the ʿAbadilah.
The footnote explains the term through several Companions named ʿAbd Allah, and notes a variation in the enumeration.
«حكمه: العمل بروايتهم أولى من العمل بالقياس»
Acting upon their transmitted reports takes priority over qiyas. This is the source’s own usuli ordering of evidence.