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Are the mentioned Hadiths that address the virtues of the Azd tribe and describe them with certain characteristics authentic?

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Some of the hadiths related to the Azd are accepted (sahih or hasan), while others are rejected (da'if or mawdu'). The hadith: "Al-Azd are the lions of Allah" is weak. The hadith: "How excellent a people are Al-Azd" was graded hasan by Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut. As for the hadith: "Al-Azd never fail," it was only mentioned in Kitab al-Ansab without a chain of narration. The hadith: "How excellent a tribe are Al-Asad and Al-Ash'ariyun" was deemed weak by Al-Albani and Al-Arna'ut. The hadith: "Al-Azd have come to you" is fabricated (mawdu'). The hadith: "Al-Azd are from me and I am from them" has weakness in it. The hadith: "Welcome to Al-Azd" is weak. The hadith: "Welcome to you, the best of people in countenances" contains Al-Waqidi, who is abandoned in hadith. The hadith: "Kingship is among Quraysh... and trustworthiness is among Al-Azd" was authenticated (sahih) by Al-Albani. The hadith of Anas: "If we are not from Al-Azd, then we are not from the people" has a sahih chain of narration but is mawquf (stopped at the Companion). The hadith: "Where are my brethren from whom I am?" has a weak chain of narration. The hadith: "As if he is from the men of Shanu'ah" is weak and the hadith in Sahih Muslim suffices over it.

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