The source states that the aggregate twenty earlier categories concerning words, clarity, obscurity and indication are also applicable to the texts of the Sunnah.
«والأقسام العشرون التي سبق ذكرها في بحث كتاب الله تعالى ثابتة في السنة أيضاً»
The twenty divisions already mentioned under the Book of Allah also apply to the Sunnah.
A hadith’s wording may therefore be general or specific, apparent or more explicit, literal or figurative. The additional inquiry for hadith concerns the establishment and connectedness of its transmission, not a wholly separate set of rules for language.