Is the hadith that describes death as being brought in the form of a black and white ram authentic?
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The Hadith is authentic, and what is meant by death in the Hadith is death itself, which Allah will represent as a ram, not the Angel of Death. The representation of abstract concepts as tangible things on the Day of Resurrection is frequent, such as deeds being made into tangible, weighty objects.
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