To what extent is the hadith of Ka’b al-Ahbar sound, which mentions the descent of seventy thousand angels at the grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, at dawn and seventy thousand in the evening to pray upon him, and that the Prophet will emerge on the Day of Resurrection in the company of seventy thousand angels escorting him?
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The aforementioned narration was transmitted by Isma'il ibn Ishaq al-Jahdhami al-Maliki in his book "The Virtue of Praying upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him," with a chain of transmission authenticated by Al-Albani. It was also narrated by Al-Bayhaqi, Abu Nu'aim, and Ibn Kathir.
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