Sunan Abi Dawud 4633
سنن أبي داود#4633Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِهَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُخْبِرَهُ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn ‘abbas through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:He refused to tell him (his mistake)
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 Isnaad
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif Isnaad
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 42:38