They spoke ill of him (تَكَلَّمُوا فِيْه)
الحديث
التعريف :
This is a description of a hadith narrator implying that scholars of hadith graded him as not reliable on account of his weak memory. It is a term of the sixth degree, the least of unacceptable grades. Hadiths narrated by people of this grade are written for reconfirmation, not as main evidence.