What is the authenticity of the narration attributed to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, in which it is mentioned that he wrote to Khalid ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him, forbidding him from anointing himself with wine, on the grounds that it is impure and outwardly and inwardly prohibited?
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This narration was reported by Al-Tabarani and Ibn Asakir, and its chain of transmission contains weak narrators such as Shu'ayb bin Ibrahim and Sayf bin Omar.
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