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Ibn Hazm al-Andalusiy was an eminent Muslim scholar. Nevertheless, he was not free of criticism. Among the criticisms levelled at him was that he had not determined the defects (ta‘lil) for many conflicting hadis narrations like most other hadis scholars had. Thus, this paper aims to analyse his ta‘lil methods (manhaj) for contradicting hadis narrations in his work, al-Muhalla. This qualitative research is carried out using the literature review method. The data obtained was then analysed based on inductive and deductive methods. The findings of the study show that some of Ibn Hazm's methods to determine the defects in conflicting hadis narrations are in line with most hadis scholars, such as rejecting the element of insertion (idraj) in the text of hadis and refraining (tawaqquf) from making decisions for narrations containing discrepancies (idtirab). On the other hand, some of his methods in this matter were found to be in contradiction with the views of the majority of hadis scholars, such as rejecting allegations that reliable (thiqah) narrators could make mistakes and accepting additions (ziyadah) from credible narrators. This shows that he had his own method for determining the defects in conflicting hadis narrations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]