Are the following hadiths authentic, and do they indicate that whoever recites a thousand verses for the sake of Allah will be with the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous, and that whoever recites specific supplications morning and evening will be written as a martyr: "Whoever recites a thousand verses for the sake of Allah, Allah will record him with the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous," and "Whoever says in the morning three times, 'I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Shaytan,' and recites three verses from the end of Surat Al-Hashr, Allah will entrust seventy thousand angels to pray for him until the evening, and if he dies on that day, he dies as a martyr; and whoever says it in the evening will have the same status"?
The first hadith was narrated by Ahmad, Al-Tabarani, Al-Darimi, and Al-Bayhaqi. Its chain of narration revolves around Ibn Lahi'ah, about whom there is well-known criticism, hence Al-Albani declared it weak. It was also narrated by Al-Hakim through the route of Zabban, who is also weak.
The second hadith was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, who said: "Hasan Gharib (good but strange), we do not know it except through this route." This statement from him is a form of weakening the hadith, for which reason Al-Albani declared it weak. It was also narrated by Ahmad, Al-Darimi, and others, all of whom narrated it through the route of Khalid ibn Tahman Abu al-Ala' al-Khaffaf, who is weak. Ibn Ma'in said about him: "He became confused ten years before his death."
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