If the Hafith says there is a difference of opinion regarding its authenticity, what is the ruling on a hadith that contains a narrator of this type?

The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, here is a question regarding the practice of al-Hafith Ibn Hajar in *al-Taqrib* (The Approximation). In some biographies, the disagreement is whether the person is a Companion or not. Al-Hafith writes in his biography: "There is a difference of opinion regarding his Companionship." He does not say "trustworthy" and he does not say "Companion." So, we do not know if he is one whose Companionship is affirmed, nor is he one whose Companionship is not affirmed, meaning he has revealed his status in hadith as being at the level of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions) and weak. When he says "there is a difference of opinion regarding his Companionship," what do we rule about him if the hadith contains a narrator of this...?