• Definition: a narrator has relatively lower precision, with the other four conditions present.
• Reason for the example: Jaʿfar ibn Sulaymān's relative difference in memory, with the other conditions retained.
• Ruling: usable as evidence and obligatory to act upon, but lower in strength than ṣaḥīḥ li-dhātihi.
Keep both the difference in precision and the presence of the other conditions in view.
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Ḥasan li-Dhātihi: Definition and Ruling
• Definition: a narrator has relatively lower precision, with the other four conditions present.
• Reason for the example: Jaʿfar ibn Sulaymān's relative difference in memory, with the other conditions retained.
• Ruling: usable as evidence and obligatory to act upon, but lower in strength than ṣaḥīḥ li-dhātihi.
Keep both the difference in precision and the presence of the other conditions in view.