What is the degree of authenticity of Al-Hakim's hadiths?
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Al-Mustadrak by Al-Hakim contains many authentic () and good () hadiths, but it also includes weak (da'if), rejected (munkar), or fabricated (mawdu') hadiths. Al-Dhahabi, Al-Suyuti, and Ibn al- have critiqued him regarding this. As for Al-Hakim's book Al-Tarikh, it is a repository of weak hadiths.
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