الحفيظ
الحفظُ في اللغة هو مراعاةُ الشيء، والاعتناءُ به، و(الحفيظ) اسمٌ...
Reliable, truthful, but with confusion in his narrations
(ثِقَةٌ صَدُوْق، وَفِي حَدِيْثِه اضْطِرَاب)
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التعريف
A description of a hadith narrator implying that he is unblemished but has a weak memory. It is a term close to the fifth degree of unacceptable grades. Hadiths narrated by people of this grade are written for reconfirmation, not as main evidence.