Majlisi and ahadeth gradings

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Kulayni narrated in his al-Kafi (1/106):

علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن محمد بن حكيم قال:
وصفت لابي الحسن (عليه السلام) قول هشام الجواليقي وما يقول في الشاب الموفق ووصفت له قول هشام بن الحكم فقال: إن الله لا يشبهه شئ.
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Iisa from Yunus from Muhammad ibn Hakim who has said the following.
“I mentioned to abu al-Hassan al-Awwal (the first) (alaihi salam), the statements of Hisham al-Jawaliqi and what he says about (Allah being) fully grown up young man. I also mentioned the statements of Hisham ibn al-Hakam in this matter.” The Imam said, “Allah, certainly, is not similar to any thing.”

Majlisi said hadith is majhool.

We all know place of Hishams in religion of rafidah. So obviously it was not possible for Majlisi to authenticate this report.

Let us see other report from the very same al-Kafi (1/235):

6 – علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس بن عبدالرحمن، عن محمد ابن حكيم عن أبي إبراهيم (عليه السلام) قال: السلاح موضوع عندنا، مدفوع عنه، لو وضع عند شر خلق الله كان خيرهم، لقد حدثني أبي أنه حيث بنى بالثقفية (1) – وكان قد شق له في الجدار – (2) فنجد البيت (3)، فلما كانت صبيحة عرسه رمى ببصره فرأى حذوه خمسة عشر مسمارا (4) ففزع لذلك وقال لها: تحولي فإني اريد أن أدعو موالي في حاجة (5) فكشطه فما منها مسمار إلا وجده مصرفا طرفه عن السيف، وما وصل إليه منها شئ.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Raman from Muhammad ibn al-Hakim from abu Ibrahim (alaihi salam) who has said the following. ” The arms are kept with us. They are well protected. Even if they would placed with the worst of the creatures he would a good one of them. My father stated to me that when he married a lady from al-Thaqif the house was decorated for the wedding. Next morning he found fifteen nails drawn into that wall. He became very anxious about it and asked hid bridegroom to leave the house because he needed the handyman to do some work therein. When he examined the wall he found that all the nails had turned back from the sword and none of them had reached it.”

Majlisi in Mirat al-Uqul (3/46) said it’s hasan.

You can say: So what?

Well chains of both reports are similar. But in first example, when report revealed for all true face of shia heroes two Hakams, Majlisi said it’s unknown, but in second, when report was about karamat and high status of aimma, he said it’s hasan.