Sunan Abi Dawud 4715
سنن أبي داود#4715SahihAbu Dawud said :Malik was asked : The heretics argue from this tradition against us. Malik said : Argue against them from its last part which goes. The people asked : What do you think about the one who died while he was young? He replied : Allah knows best what he was going to do
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniSahih Isnaad Maqtu
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih Isnaad Maqtu
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Sahih
In-book reference: 42:120