The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if
it is no longer than a verse of the Qur''ān
its wording is too close to the text of the Qur''ān
its narrator was not from Makkah
it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
Correct answer is D
Imam malik was an Arab Muslim jurist, theologian, and hadith traditionist. Born in the city of Medina, Malik rose to become the premier scholar of prophetic traditions in his day, which he sought to apply to "the whole legal life" in order to create a systematic method of Muslim jurisprudence which would only further expand with the passage of time.