truthful and reliable, with weakness in his narration (صَدُوْق ثِقَة، وَفِي حَدِيْثِه ضَعْف)
الحديث
التعريف :
This is a description of a hadith narrator implying that he was unblemished but of weak accuracy. It is a term close to the sixth degree, the least of unacceptable grades. Hadiths narrated by people of this grade are written for reconfirmation, not as main evidence.