Sunan Abi Dawud 4825
سنن أبي داود#4825Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرْكَانِيُّ، وَهَنَّادٌ، أَنَّ شَرِيكًا، أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَلَسَ أَحَدُنَا حَيْثُ يَنْتَهِي .
Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah: When we came to the Prophet (ﷺ), each one would sit down where there was room
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 ArnautDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 43:53