When is the narration of the unknown (in status or identity) accepted?

The questioner : Shaykh, if two men narrate from a hadith scholar, the designation of "unknown" is lifted from him. Who said this? However, his status of 'adalah (integrity) is not established by their narration from him, and some have said that his 'adalah is established. What is your opinion?

The Shaykh : As the majority of scholars hold, it is not established merely by the narration of two men. The "unknown" mentioned in your question refers to the unknown in status (hal); because, as is well known, scholars divide the unknown status of a narrator regarding hadith narration into two categories: unknown in identity (ayn) and unknown in status (hal). By the narration of two men, the first type of unknown, the unknown in identity, is eliminated, and he falls into the category of unknown in status. However, this does not place him in the description of 'adalah (integrity). Consequently, the understanding of this statement helps us with what has become clear to us in the end: if three, four, or more men narrate from a man who is unknown in status, he enters the category of 'adalah, and in this case, his hadith can be used as evidence. For such a person, al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi and al-Hafiz al-'Asqalani say that he is "siddiq" (truthful), even if they did not find anyone who testified to his truthfulness or reliability among the predecessors of the hadith scholars. That is, they follow one of the paths that hadith scholars used to follow when they would say of a man that he is "siddiq." This is done by examining the narrator's hadiths; when they do not find any munkar (denounced) hadith in what he narrated, along with narration by more than two men, they reach the conclusion that hadith scholars of old reached, saying that he is "siddiq," meaning his hadith can be used as evidence, even at the level of hasan (good). This is what I have.