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Meanwhile, ‘Allamah al-Albani here gives explanations on the case of a narrator with a serious memory failure: قلت: وهو ثقة لولا اختلاطه، ومثله من المختلطين له ثلاث حالات: 1 - أن يعرف أنه حدث بالحديث قبل الاختلاط. 2 - أن يعرف أنه حدث به بعد الاختلاط. 3 - أن لا يعرف عنه لا هذا ولا هذا. ففي الحالة الأولى فقط يحتج به؛ دون الحالتين الأخريين. I say: He is thiqah (trustworthy) despite his confusion.

A confused narrator like him has three statuses: To know that he narrated the hadith before the confusion. To know that he narrated the hadith during the confusion. Not knowing whether he narrated it before or after. It is only in the first status that his ahadith are accepted as hujjah (authority) ,