What is the detail regarding the ruling on a hadith that the Ummah accepted?

The questioner : What is the ruling on the statement of some...

The Shaykh : What is the ruling on what?

The questioner : ... the statement of some people of hadith that the Ummah accepted it... regarding it being a mursal (report missing the Companion link), does this strengthen the hadith?

The Shaykh : Do you mean a specific hadith, or is the question general?

The questioner : General.

The Shaykh : Not every hadith that the Ummah accepted should or may be attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), sometimes and sometimes. The meaning contained in a mursal (report missing the Companion link) hadith, for example, may be taken from the generalities of the Shari'ah, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) may not have spoken about it. This has many examples. The important thing is the meaning that is permissible to act upon, not whether we attribute it to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or not. Attributing a hadith to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is not permissible unless it is narrated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by a path that establishes proof. Thus, the meaning may be correct, and generalities in the Shari'ah indicate its correctness, and it is not necessary that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it. This is the answer.