Sunan Abi Dawud 3879
سنن أبي داود#3879Sahihحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْعَيْنُ حَقٌّ " .
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :The evil is genuine
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 Mutawatir
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih Mutawatir
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Bukhari (5740) Sahih Muslim (2187)
In-book reference: 29:25