How authentic is the Hadith: "No young man has ever honored an old man for his age but Allah destined for him one who would honor him in his old age"?
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This is very weak and not authentic, as its chain of narration contains two defects: Abu al-Rahhal Khalid ibn Muhammad, who is a Munkar al-Hadith (one whose narrations are rejected), and Yazid ibn Bayan, who is very weak. The Hadith was weakened by Imam al-Sakhawi and Shaykh al-Albani. What suffices in place of this Hadith is what was narrated by Imam al-Tirmidhi and authenticated by al-Albani: «He is not of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and does not revere our old ones.»
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