Sunan Abi Dawud 4626
سنن أبي داود#4626Sahihحَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الْبَتِّيِّ، قَالَ مَا فَسَّرَ الْحَسَنُ آيَةً قَطُّ إِلاَّ عَلَى الإِثْبَاتِ .
‘Uthman al-Batti said:Al-Hasan never interpreted any Quranic verse but to establish (Divine decree)
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 Lighairihi
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 42:31