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Is the Hadith, "...and I will kill seventy thousand for your daughter's son..." authentic?

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The Hadith narrated by Al-Hakim from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), stating that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that seventy thousand were killed for the blood of Yahya ibn Zakariya, and that seventy thousand times seventy thousand would be killed for the son of his daughter, is a weak Hadith.

Reasons for its weakness:

1. Weakness of the narrators from Abu Nu'aym: A group of narrators characterized by weakness or anonymity were unique in narrating it from Abu Nu'aym (Al-Fadl ibn Dukayn), while the chains of transmission from the trustworthy narrators who narrated this Hadith from him are not sound, which indicates that the chains of this Hadith are fabricated and false.

2. Tadlis (deception) by Habib ibn Abi Thabit: In the Hadith's chain of transmission, Habib ibn Abi Thabit narrates from Sa'id ibn Jubayr using the صيغة "عن" (on the authority of). Habib was known for frequent tadlis, and his Hadith is not accepted unless he explicitly states hearing it, which weakens the chain.

3. Strangeness of the text: The text itself is very strange and denounced, and it contains punishments and exaggerations not typically found in Islamic law.

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