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, each scholar counted once — 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. When they judged only its chain of narrators (“Isnaad”), the label says “Sound chain”. Each scholar's own wording:
Our source also lists this ruling under Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid, the editor of the printed edition it was taken from. It is al-Albani's ruling printed again, so it is counted once.
In-book reference: 15:69