What is your opinion of Ibn Hibban's book "Al-Thiqat"? And may Allah reward you with goodness.
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Ibn Hibban's Kitab Al-Thiqat (The Book of Trustworthy Narrators) is an important reference in the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (discrediting and accrediting narrators). However, some scholars, including Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, criticized him for deeming unknown narrators trustworthy, based on the principle that the default assumption for a Muslim is uprightness ('adalah). Nevertheless, this does not diminish the book's significance as a reference for specialists.
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