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To what extent is the hadith authentic: "There will be a sound in Ramadan." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, in its beginning, middle, or end?" He said: "No, rather in the middle of the month of Ramadan. If the middle is on a Friday night, there will be a sound. Seventy thousand will be struck down, seventy thousand virgins will have their hymens torn, and seventy thousand will be blinded." They asked: "Who will be safe, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Whoever stays in his house, seeks refuge in prostration, and proclaims the takbir loudly"?

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The aforementioned Hadith was narrated by Al-Tabarani and Ibn Abi Asim from Fayrouz Al-Daylami, elevated (marfu‘an), and it mentions signs that will occur in Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul-Qi'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, and Muharram.

Al-Haythami said: Al-Tabarani narrated it, and it includes Abd al-Wahhab ibn al-Dahhak, who is abandoned (matruk). Thus, the Hadith is very weak and cannot be relied upon, and it has no corroborating evidence to strengthen it.

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