Sunan Abi Dawud 2545
سنن أبي داود#2545Hasanحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم : " يُمْنُ الْخَيْلِ فِي شُقْرِهَا " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The most favoured horses are the sorrel
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-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 15:69