What did Imam Al-Hakim mean by his saying, "according to the condition of Al-Bukhari, or Muslim, or according to the condition of the Two Shaykhs"? Does that mean that the narrators in the chain are the same as the narrators in the Two Sahihs or one of them? Bearing in mind that all the narrators in the chain might be from the narrators of the Two Sahihs, can it then be said that the Hadith is "according to the condition of the Two Shaykhs"? And how do we deal with Al-Bukhari's ta'liqat (suspensions)?

Scholars have agreed that the meaning of a hadith being "on the condition of the two Shaykhs" (Bukhari and Muslim) or one of them, is that its narrators are found in their respective books. They did not stipulate the exclusion of what was based on a specific condition; rather, their books were examined, and their condition became known, which is the narration of hadith whose narrators are unanimously considered trustworthy.

Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi is lenient in authenticating hadith, and much of what he authenticated as being "on the condition of the two Shaykhs" is not actually so.

Ta'liq (suspension) means the omission of one or more narrators from the beginning of the chain of narration. What Al-Bukhari suspended with a definitive صيغة الجزم (affirmative form) is authentic up to the point where he suspended it. As for what he mentioned with a non-definitive صيغة التمريض (weak or indefinite form), its authenticity or weakness cannot be determined.