Is the story of Umar ibn al-Khattab writing a letter to the Nile River authentic, especially considering that it seems illogical and is not supported by the Quran and Sunnah?
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This chain of narration is weak and unsound, due to the presence of Ibn Lahī'ah, who was weak, mixed up, and a mudallis (one who conceals defects in a narration). There is also an unknown narrator in the chain. Furthermore, if a story of such magnitude were true, it would have been widely transmitted and supported by numerous authentic chains of narration.
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