The context of narrating hadiths in the form of "it is reported" among the general public creates the misconception that the hadith is authentic, and the clarification that one must refrain from narrating weak hadiths absolutely, or that they should be narrated with the qualification of explaining the weakness of their chain.

The Shaykh : Imagine with me that a preacher comes with a hadith that he knows is weak and says, "It is reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said such and such." Do you think anyone among the attendees would understand from his saying "it is reported" that this is a weak hadith? No one would. And perhaps if the hadith contains a miracle or something that moves people's hearts, you would hear the people making a commotion in the mosque, saying "Allahu Akbar" and "What Allah willed," while the hadith is weak. So here is the crown of the elevated wisdom, if I may express it so: the wisdom that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said, which is "Speak to people according to the level of their understanding. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about?" So this crowd that attends the mosque on Friday or for the 'Id prayer or similar large gatherings does not understand when the hadith scholar says in a weak hadith, "It is reported from the Messenger of Allah." So what is obligatory? The obligation is one of two things: either to completely refrain from mentioning weak hadiths in public gatherings, which is what I advise myself and everyone who accepts my advice; or, if it is absolutely necessary to mention the hadith, to say, "It is reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a weak chain" or "with a chain that is not authentic." I guarantee that any preacher who accepts this advice will feel over time that there is no benefit in mentioning the hadith while explicitly stating that it is weak, because people, even those who do not know, will say, "Since the hadith is weak, why is this scholar occupying our minds with it?" And he will be forced to return to my first advice, which is that the fabricator, the teacher, the preacher, and the lecturer should refrain from citing any weak hadith, even if he explicitly states that it is weak, in accordance with "Speak to people according to the level of their understanding. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about?" This is a hadith mawquf (stopping at a Companion) attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, narrated by Imam al-Bukhari at the beginning of his Sahih, in the Book of Knowledge, which follows the Book of Faith, with his connected chain to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So, in one regard, it is a musnad (traced to the Prophet), and in another regard, it is mawquf. And thus, students of the people of knowledge can understand the terminology of the scholars. But people must be spoken to and addressed in a way they understand. Anything else?