Commentary on the author's statement: "Al-Hafiz al-Sulami said: 'This is a hasan (good) hadith.'"
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The Shaykh : The author, Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), informed us that there is a technical term: "Hasan according to the method of the hadith scholars, hasan according to the general meaning". Hasan according to the general meaning is that its meaning is supported by the general evidences of the Shari'ah. Hasan according to the method of the hadith scholars is: "What is narrated by a just narrator with slight precision, through a connected chain, and is free from anomaly and defect". If it contains weak narrators, it is not hasan according to the hadith scholars, but if its text is supported by the texts, it becomes hasan in the general meaning.
And this is indeed the method of the hadith scholars who are jurists, because many hadith scholars rely on the apparent chain of narration to authenticate or weaken a hadith, regardless of whether the text is supported by evidences for its authenticity or weakness. And there is no doubt that this is a deficiency, and that it is obligatory for a person to consider the issue of jurisprudence in the texts. Yes.
The student: Al-Hafiz al-Sulami.
The Shaykh : Al-Sulami.
The student: With a kasrah on the sin.
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Sulami, with a kasrah.
And this is indeed the method of the hadith scholars who are jurists, because many hadith scholars rely on the apparent chain of narration to authenticate or weaken a hadith, regardless of whether the text is supported by evidences for its authenticity or weakness. And there is no doubt that this is a deficiency, and that it is obligatory for a person to consider the issue of jurisprudence in the texts. Yes.
The student: Al-Hafiz al-Sulami.
The Shaykh : Al-Sulami.
The student: With a kasrah on the sin.
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Sulami, with a kasrah.