If I have a legal issue indicated by a weak hadith, should I exercise independent legal reasoning or act upon this weak hadith?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : If I have a legal issue indicated by a weak hadith, should I use the weak hadith or use my own independent legal reasoning, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Use what the authentic evidence indicates.

The questioner : Use my own independent legal reasoning...

The Shaykh : No, no, it is necessary that there be authentic hadiths. If it is difficult for you, ask the scholars of knowledge. As for the weak hadith, a ruling is not established upon it.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the ruling on khushu' (humility) in prayer.

The Shaykh : ...

The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. The hadiths regarding things... in encouraging and so on, there are narrated hadiths in warning.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Such as the hadiths narrated regarding the discouragement of sleeping after the 'Asr prayer and so on. So, are such hadiths used...