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What is the authenticity of the hadith: "There are five bodies that Allah has forbidden the earth from consuming: prophets, martyrs, awliya (saints/devout believers), the ablaq (dappled/piebald animal), and whoever recites Surat Al-Waqi'ah"?

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The mentioned hadith about the multi-colored (ablaq) and the reciter of Surat Al-Waqi'ah has not been found. It is established that the earth does not consume the bodies of prophets, but scholars differed regarding others besides prophets. Some scholars hold that the earth does not consume the bodies of prophets, martyrs, the truthful (siddiqeen), righteous scholars, sincere muezzins, and memorizers of the Qur'an, but there is no authentic evidence for this except what has been established concerning martyrs.

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