Sunan Abi Dawud 4824
سنن أبي داود#4824Sahihحَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَاعَةَ .
Al-A`mash said:It seems he liked collective gathering
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 ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 43:52