The Usage of Weak Narrations (Article)

Author: Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah

Excerpt: In his Arba‘īn, Imam al-Nawawī acknowledges the weakness of the hadīth about preserving forty hadīths and then goes on to list a number of scholars who compiled such collections.

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3 questions
1. According to the supplied notes, what is the general ruling about narrating weak (Ḍa‘īf) ḥadīth that are not fabrications?
2. Which of the following is NOT one of Ibn Ḥajar's conditions for practicing upon a weak ḥadīth?
3. What is the prevailing scholarly position in the notes regarding acting upon weak ḥadīth about faḍāʾil (virtues of deeds)?

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