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What is the authenticity of the hadith: "On the night of the Isra, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by an old woman on the road, and he asked Jibreel about her. Jibreel said: 'There remains of this world only what remains of that old woman'"?

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The narration reported by Al-Tabari and Al-Bayhaqi concerning the Prophet's (peace be upon him) sighting of an old woman by the roadside during the Isra and Mi'raj, and Gabriel's explanation of her being the worldly life (Dunya), is a weak narration due to the presence of Abd al-Rahman ibn Hashim ibn Utbah in its chain of transmission, whose status is unknown. Ibn Kathir also pointed out the strangeness and unusualness in some of its wordings, and Al-Albani mentioned that its flaw lies with this Abd al-Rahman ibn Hashim. The well-known authentic narrations of the Isra and Mi'raj incident are devoid of this phrase.

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