weak (الضَّعِيْف)

الحديث

التعريف :

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- a hadith which does not fulfil the conditions of acceptability applicable to the authentic and good grades. These conditions are: a continuous chain of transmission, unblemished and accurate narrators, freedom of being at variance with more reliable narrators (i.e. irregularity) and freedom of any cause detracting from its authenticity (i.e. serious flaw).