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