Why was the narration of "falling from mountain peaks" mentioned in Fatwa no. 37834, even though it is among the Mursal narrations of Al-Zuhri and is not authentic?
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Al-Zuhri's narration was weakened by Al-Albani in "Al-Da'ifah" (The Weak) and "Mukhtasar al-Bukhari" (Abridgement of Al-Bukhari). Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan and Imam Al-Shafi'i criticized his mursal narrations. What indicates the weakness of Al-Zuhri's aforementioned narration is its mention of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, contemplating throwing himself from a high place, which is impermissible. Al-Albani stated that this is weak in its chain of narration and denounced in its text.
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