Do scholars consider the Hadith: "Allah Almighty created a thousand nations, six hundred of which are in the sea and four hundred on land. The first of these nations to perish will be the locusts. When they perish, [the others] will follow in succession like beads from a string when its thread is cut," as evidence for the non-extinction of dinosaurs, because they will perish after the locusts and not before them?
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The issue of the existence and extinction of dinosaurs is not something that is denied by Islamic law. As for the mentioned , its attribution to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is not authentic. It was narrated by Ubayd ibn Waqid al-Qaysi from Muhammad ibn Isa al-Hudhayli, and both of them are weak in hadith. Ibn Hibban ruled that it is fabricated.
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