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How sound is the hadith, "Indeed, Allah granted the Prophet Sheth, peace be upon him, fifty scriptures," and what are its chain of transmission (sanad) and text (matn)?

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The Hadith that mentions "fifty scriptures were revealed to Seth" was narrated by Ibn Hibban with a chain of transmission that includes Ibrahim ibn Hisham, who is a fabricator of Hadith. Al-Zayla'i mentioned it in "Takhrij Ahadith al-Kashshaf" and stated that Al-Hakim, Al-Tabarani, Ahmad, and Ishaq narrated it through various chains, all of which contain weak narrators. Furthermore, Ibn al-Jawzi included it in "Al-Mawdu'at" (Fabricated Hadith). Therefore, the least that can be said about this Hadith is that it is weak.

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