What is the grade of the hadith: “Four men from the loins of one man will rule the Peninsula…”?

Al-Halabi : There is a lot of questioning and discussion about a hadith that has become well-known on people’s tongues, which is the hadith . What is the extent of the authenticity of this hadith?

The Shaykh : This is also one of the calamities that have occurred in this fitnah: that people either fabricate hadiths that have no basis, or they dig into the depths of books that narrate whatever and everything from the hadiths that people fabricated in the past, and they spread them, claiming that these hadiths match reality. It is not permissible for a believer in Allah and His Messenger, truly, to narrate a hadith, even if its meaning matches reality, saying, “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,” because that is lying about him. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) has come in many hadiths from him: . And now, such hadiths are becoming common from people with malicious intent who have no goal except to stir up commotion, problems, and fitnah among the Muslims. Therefore, my advice to you is: whenever you hear now, and before now as well, but particularly in this time, a hadith that you think matches this fitnah, do not believe it until you ask the people of knowledge, as He (Mighty and Majestic) said: .