How sound is the circulating story about the minister of David and Solomon (peace be upon them) who was terrified of the Angel of Death and asked Solomon to have the wind carry him to India, whereupon the Angel of Death seized his soul there?
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The mentioned story did not go beyond Shahr bin Hawshab, who was a Tabi'i (successor). What is attributed to a Tabi'i and stopped at him is considered maqtu' (severed), which is a category of the weak (). Therefore, the story is not attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and it might be from the Isra'iliyyat (tales from Jewish tradition), especially since Shahr bin Hawshab is a disputed figure among hadith scholars.
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