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?
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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