Sunan Abi Dawud 4897
سنن أبي داود#4897HasanThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. This version has:A man was reviling Abu Bakr. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition in a similar manner. Abu Dawud said: Similarly, it has been transmitted by Safwan b. ‘Isa, from Ibn ‘Affan, as Sufyan said
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan
Shuaib Al ArnautHasan Lighairihi
Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan
In-book reference: 43:125