I say, and with God's success: The correction of hadith is a matter of ijtihad (juridical reasoning), and the hadith of laughter (قهقهة) is a well-known hadith, and it is not weak; rather, it is at a higher level than authentic (sahih) because it is famous and close to being mutawatir (consecutively transmitted). Imam al-Laknawi authored a book titled: (Al-Hassasa in Refuting Ablution by Laughter), in dozens of pages, in which he mentioned the hadith and its chains of narration and clarified its authenticity, noting that it is the narration of Abu Aliah. This should be reviewed to clarify the strength of the evidence according to the Hanafi school. Each school has many proofs for what it holds, and thus it is necessary for us to follow a school due to the strength of the evidence of each of the Sunni schools. As for following the most correct opinion of the majority, this methodology has not been known in the history of the Ummah; rather, what the predecessors and successors followed is the preference for the stronger opinion within a specific school, as its scholars weigh the evidence according to their understanding. Therefore, the preference of the imams and scholars of a particular school is prioritized over the preference of an individual, no matter how knowledgeable they are. And God knows best.