Sunan Abi Dawud 1082
سنن أبي داود#1082Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ كَانَ بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبَيْنَ الْحَائِطِ كَقَدْرِ مَمَرِّ الشَّاةِ .
Salamah b. al-Akwa' said:The space between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the wall (of the mosque) was such that a goat could pass
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniSahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari (497) Sahih Muslim (509)
In-book reference: 2:693