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Is the hadith: "Whoever eats arugula at night will have the leprosy vein strike him from his nose, and he will spend the night bleeding" authentic?

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The Hadith in question: "How evil is the herb watercress; whoever eats it at night will spend the night with his soul in conflict, and the leprosy vein will strike from his nose. So eat it during the day, and refrain from it at night" is a fabricated (Mawdu‘) Hadith. Al-Ajlouni mentioned it in Kashf al-Khafa’ among the forged Ahadith. This Hadith has become famous on some websites attributed to the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bida‘).

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