What is the ruling on adducing and arguing with weak, transmitted, and strange hadiths and the like? And can a hadith described as "hasan sahih gharib" be considered as evidence for a certain issue, taking into account the disagreement among scholars regarding the authenticity of hadiths in the Six Books, with the exception of Bukhari and Muslim?
If a beginner does not understand the terminology of hadith science and the methods of preference within it, then he must emulate trustworthy imams. Emulation includes following the words of thems in authenticating hadiths, such as their saying: “Sahih” (authentic), or “Hasan Sahih” (good and authentic), or “Hasan” (good). Hadiths that their authors stipulated to only extract the authentic ones, like Al-Bukhari and Muslim, are to be accepted.
Al-Suyuti mentioned in Alfiyyat al-Hadith: “And take it where a hafiz has stated it explicitly, And from a compiler specialized in its collection.” The meaning of this is that an authentic hadith beyond those in the two Sahih collections (Bukhari and Muslim) is known either by the explicit statement of its authenticity by an imam from among the imams of hadith, or by its presence in a book dedicated to collecting only authentic hadiths. As for a weak hadith, it is permissible to act upon it in matters of virtuous deeds, but not in matters of lawful and unlawful, under specific conditions.
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