Editing Biographical evaluation (section)

===Levels of praise===
#Ibn Ḥajr held that the highest level of praise was expressed was through the use of the superlative, for example, ''the most established of the people'' ({{Transliteration|ar|athbat al-nās}}), or ''the most reliable of the people'' ({{Transliteration|ar|awthaq al-nās}}).
#Al-'Iraqi and al-Dhahabi were of the opinion that the highest level was the repetition of adjective, or adjectives, in praising a narrator. For example, ''reliably reliable'' ({{Transliteration|ar|thiqah thiqah}}), or ''reliable, firm'' ({{Transliteration|ar|thiqah thabt}}).
#The highest level according to Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn al-Salah the highest is the use of a single adjective in describing a narrator. Examples of this are: ''reliable'' ({{Transliteration|ar|thiqah}}), ''precise'' ({{Transliteration|ar|mutqin}}) or ''firm'' ({{Transliteration|ar|thabt}}).
#''Trustworthy'' (''ṣadūq'') and ''worthy of trust'' ({{Transliteration|ar|maḥallahu al-ṣidq}}) are both examples of the next category to Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn al-Salah while al-'Iraqi and al-Dhahabi consider the latter term to be from the next level.
#Next is ''respectable'' ([[Sheikh#Religious usage|''shaykh'']]) along with ''worthy of trust'' ({{Transliteration|ar|maḥallahu al-ṣidq}}) according to some. This level would also be inclusive of an individual accused of heresy.
#The lowest of the levels of praise is, for example, ''satisfactory in hadith'' ({{Transliteration|ar|ṣāliḥ al-ḥadīth}}), meaning according to Ibn Ḥajr, this includes ''acceptable'' ({{Transliteration|ar|maqbūl}}) meaning, when supported by other narrators.<ref name="Tadrib 1/573-80"/><ref>As he explained in the introduction to ''Taqrib al-Tahthib'', pp. 14, ''Mu'assasah al-Risalah'', Beirut, first edition, 1999.</ref>