Sunan Abi Dawud 1494
سنن أبي داود#1494Sahihحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فِيهِ " لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِاسْمِهِ الأَعْظَمِ " .
The aforesaid tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Malik b. Mighwal. This verso adds:"He has asked Allah using His Greatest Name
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
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 8:79