moderate in discreditation and accreditation (الْمُعْتَدِلُوْن فِي الْجَرْح وَالتَّعْدِيْل)
الحديث
التعريف :
A description used by Imam al-Dhahabī in reference to some leading hadith scholars, because they were moderate in judging narrators as to their acceptability or otherwise.