What is to be done concerning the contradiction between Sheikh Al-Albani's authentication of hadiths and others' deeming them weak? Is his authentication always binding, or is it permissible to deem weak what he has authenticated?
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Correcting and weakening hadiths are matters of . A Muslim, when faced with differing scholarly opinions on such matters, should follow a trusted scholar if they are not proficient in the science of themselves. Sheikh Al-Albani is among those deeply rooted in the science of hadith, but he is not infallible. Sheikh Al-Albani graded the hadith of Asma as حسن (good), whereas we have explained its weakness in previous fatwas.
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