Do scholars consider the Hadith: "Allah Almighty created a thousand nations, six hundred of which are in the sea and four hundred on land. The first of these nations to perish will be the locusts. When they perish, [the others] will follow in succession like beads from a string when its thread is cut," as evidence for the non-extinction of dinosaurs, because they will perish after the locusts and not before them?
The issue of the existence and extinction of dinosaurs is not something that is denied by Islamic law. As for the mentioned hadith, its attribution to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is not authentic. It was narrated by Ubayd ibn Waqid al-Qaysi from Muhammad ibn Isa al-Hudhayli, and both of them are weak in hadith. Ibn Hibban ruled that it is fabricated.
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