To what extent is the historical news true that mentions caliphs meeting with Jewish rabbis and Christian monks who told them of the existence of their characteristics in their books, and are these Jewish books available today?
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What was narrated from Ka'b al-Ahbar concerning Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan is not found. Among what was reported from Ka'b is his saying: "No one will rule this Ummah as Mu'awiyah ruled," and Ka'b was truthful in that.
As for the glad tidings, some of them have been proven with an authentic chain of narration, such as the of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Aas concerning the description of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in the Torah. Some of them have a weak or disputed chain of narration, such as the story of the Jewish man whose son embraced Islam. And some of them are not authentic or have been corrupted.
The Torah that exists today is corrupted.
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