645 If Ibn Ma'een speaks favourably about a narrator, wheras the rest of the scholars declare him to be weak, then the statement of Ibn Ma'een is disregarded, the reason being that he was known for his strictness and severity in criticism: weak narrators would be very careful not to reveal their weakness before him; he would therefore pass judgment accordingly. This explains why he is alone in authenticating the narrator.
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