Is there a matter in the science of hadith that the later scholars adopted, but none of the earlier scholars held?

The Shaykh : We seek help from Allah.

The questioner : The second part of the question, may Allah reward you, is: Is there a scholarly matter that the later scholars adopted, but none of the earlier scholars held? I mean in the science of hadith?

The Shaykh : I do not believe that there is anything of this kind in this science, but I do not rule out that there may be an old opinion that some of the later scholars adopted, preferring it over others. This is possible, and this is in fact what I understand: that the opinion on this hadith matter is like the opinion on any of the matters of Islamic jurisprudence. Just as it is not permissible for a jurist in this time to adopt a newly invented opinion that none of the earlier imams preceded him in, so it is not permissible for one who is a scholar of the science of hadith to adopt a new opinion that none of the earlier scholars preceded him in. All that is permissible for these and those is to prefer or adopt one opinion from among two or more. As for innovating, that is not allowed. And on this basis, I say that I do not believe there is a matter that no one held, or an opinion that no one among those who came before us held.