Is it permissible to read the book "Hayat Al-Sahabah" by Muhammad Yusuf Al-Kandahlawi, given that some scholars say it contains weak and inauthentic hadiths?

The book "Hayat Al-Sahabah" (Lives of the Companions) is among the biographical works predominantly characterized by the style of chroniclers, and it does not distinguish between what is established and what is not. Scholars are lenient regarding narratives of biographies and virtues, deeming it permissible to act upon weak hadith in these matters as long as they do not concern lawful or unlawful issues. The reader should investigate and verify the authenticity of the narratives in "Hayat Al-Sahabah" by referring to the Two Sahihs (Bukhari and Muslim) or what earlier scholars authenticated, and adhere to the rules of hadith scholars in critiquing narrations, as merely authenticating the narrators is insufficient.