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Is the hadith, "I have left among you two admonishers, one speaking and one silent: the speaking one is the Qur'an and the silent one is death," an authentic hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?

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The aforementioned hadith was not reported, but it was stated in Imam Malik's Muwatta' that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, said: "I have left among you two things, which if you hold fast to them, you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet." And it was narrated from him, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, that he used to say: "Death is sufficient as a preacher, certainty is sufficient as richness, and worship is sufficient as an occupation." And it was authentically reported from him, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, that he said: "Increase in remembering the destroyer of pleasures," meaning death.

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