Sunan Abi Dawud 3917
سنن أبي داود#3917Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَمِعَ كَلِمَةً فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَقَالَ " أَخَذْنَا فَأْلَكَ مِنْ فِيكَ " .
Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a word, and he liked it, he said: We took your omen from your mouth
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
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan Lighairihi
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan
In-book reference: 30:14