Is the Hadith "Umar ibn al-Khattab and Khalid ibn al-Walid wrestled when they were boys, and Khalid broke Umar's leg, which was treated and healed, and that was the cause of the enmity between them" authentic?
The narration reported about Khalid ibn al-Walid and Umar ibn al-Khattab was transmitted by Ibn Asakir, Ibn al-Adeem, and others. However, its chain of narration is not sound due to the interruption in Al-Sha'bi's narration from Umar, and because Khalid died before Umar. Furthermore, Mujalid ibn Sa'id is weak. The narration indicates the affection between Khalid and Umar, as Khalid bequeathed something to Umar, and Umar used to praise Khalid and loved to humiliate polytheism and its adherents.
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