Is the aforementioned Hadith regarding Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, may Allah be pleased with him, which includes the Prophet’s —peace and blessings of Allah be upon him— conversation with the moon when he was an infant, his knowledge of the Preserved Tablet while he was in the darkness of the womb, his being a prophet before reaching the age of forty, in addition to the story of the creation of seven mountains from angels on the night of his birth—authentic?
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This is not found in the well-known collections of , and it has no origin. It was mentioned by al-Safuri and al-Suyuti in their books, but they did not attribute it to any chain of narration. Al-Safuri's book contains many fabricated Hadiths and stories that have no basis.
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