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What is the meaning of "authentic according to Muslim's criteria" or "according to the criteria of the Two Sheikhs" in hadith books?

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The saying "Authentic according to the condition of al-Bukhari or Muslim or the Two Shaykhs" carries two possible meanings: The first is that the narrators of the hadith are the narrators of al-Bukhari or Muslim, and this is the more accurate meaning. The second is that the narrators of the hadith are similar to the men of al-Bukhari or Muslim in terms of justice ('adalah) and precision (dabt). Al-Bukhari stipulates the fulfillment of actual meeting and narration between the narrator and the one from whom he narrated, whereas Muslim suffices with contemporaneity and the possibility of meeting.

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