reliable but may be in disagreement (ثِقَةٌ رُبَّمَا خَالَف)

الحديث

التعريف :

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A description of a narrator implying that he is unblemished and accurate, but his narrations include some disagreements with narrations by other reliable narrators. It is a term close to the fourth degree of acceptability. The hadiths narrated by people of this degree are written down to serve as evidence.