Why did al-Albani grade as authentic the hadith of Asma regarding the permission of showing the hands and face?

[Islamqa](https://islamqa.info/en/answers/23496/hadeeth-about-women-uncovering-their-faces) says that this hadith is weak: > narrated by Abu Dawood (4104) from al-Waleed from Sa’eed ibn Basheer > from Qataadah from Khaalid ibn Durayk from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be > pleased with her), that Asma’ bint Abi Bakr entered upon the Messenger > of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wearing a thin > dress. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon > him) turned away from her and said, “O Asma’, when a woman reaches the > age of puberty, nothing should be seen of her except this and this” – > and he pointed to his face and hands. > > Abu Dawood said: This is mursal; Khaalid ibn Durayk did not meet > ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her). > > This hadeeth is da’eef (weak) and is not fit to be used as evidence. > The reasons why it is da’eef are as follows: > > 1 – Its isnaad is interrupted, as was stated by Imam Abu Dawood (may > Allaah have mercy on him) when he said, “This is mursal; Khaalid ibn > Durayk did not meet ‘Aa’ishah.” > > 2 – Its isnaad includes Sa’eed ibn Basheer al-Azdi (or it was said > al-Basri) Abu ‘Abd al-Rahmaan. Some scholars of hadeeth regarded him > as thiqah (trustworthy), but Ahmad, Ibn Ma’een, Ibn al-Madeeni, > al-Nasaa’i, al-Haakim and Abu Dawood regarded him as da’eef. (weak). > > Muhammad ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Numayr said of him: His hadeeth is to be > rejected and he does not amount to anything, and he is not strong in > hadeeth. He narrated munkar reports from Qataadah. > > Ibn Hibbaan said of him: He has a bad memory and makes grievous > mistakes. > > Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said of him: (he is) da’eef. > > 3 – Its isnaad includes Qataadah who is mudallis (i.e., gives false > impressions concerning the narration of the hadeeth) and did not > clearly state that he heard the hadeeth from another. It also includes > al-Waleed ibn Muslim of whom al-Haafiz said: (he is) trustworthy but > he was also mudallis and did not clearly state that he heard the > hadeeth from another. > > These are the faults in the hadeeth because of which the hadeeth was > judged to be da’eef (weak). See Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, > Majallat al-Buhooth, 21/68. Why did al-Albani grade the hadith to be authentic? Generally weak hadith are just disconnected or weak person in it , but this is one of the most weak hadiths.