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What is the authenticity of the hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, concerning the increase in lifespan due to maintaining kinship ties and its decrease due to severing them?

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The aforementioned hadith has a weak chain of narration (isnad), as Ibn al-Mulaqqin indicated, citing its transmission from Abu Musa al-Madini. However, its isnad includes: - Zaidah ibn Abi al-Raqqad: Declared as having Munkar Hadith (rejected hadith) by Al-Bukhari, and numerous imams deemed him weak. - Musa ibn al-Sabah: It is unknown whether he heard from Abdullah ibn Amr, in addition to being an unknown narrator, as is Ikrimah ibn Ibrahim. - Husayn ibn Ja'far: An unknown narrator (majhul).

Despite the weakness of this hadith, maintaining kinship ties (silat al-rahim) is indeed a cause for a long life, and this has been confirmed in other hadiths.

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