Sunan Abi Dawud 3468
سنن أبي داود#3468Da'ifحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَدْرٍ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، - يَعْنِي الطَّائِيَّ - عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي شَىْءٍ فَلاَ يَصْرِفْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ " .
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone pays in advance he must not transfer it to someone else before he receives it
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-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif
Shuaib Al ArnautDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 24:53