What is the authenticity of the story of the Alawite woman and her orphaned daughters mentioned in Al-Dhahabi's Kitāb al-Kabāʾir (The Book of Major Sins) (pp. 68-69)?
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This story was mentioned by Ibn al-Jawzi in "Al-Birr wa al-Sila" and in some editions of Al-Dhahabi's "Al-Kaba'ir," as well as by Al-Haytami in "Al-Zawajir." Scholars are lenient in transmitting such unusual stories in books of raqaiq (heart-softening accounts) for admonition, because their authenticity or lack thereof does not lead to the establishment of a ruling in religion.
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