Ibn Rajab reported from the early scholars that they would identify a hadith as defective by saying that it resembles the hadith of so-and-so. Is this correct?

The questioner : O Shaykh, Ibn Rajab said in his explanation of defects: They have a special understanding that enables them to know that this hadith resembles the hadith of so-and-so, and they identify hadiths as defective on that basis. What is your opinion, Shaykh, on this? And did you find this among the later scholars?

The Shaykh : Very rarely among the later scholars, but very frequently among the early scholars. However, this does not mean that they are correct in everything they say; rather, they often go too far in a manner that is not praiseworthy!