Sunan Abi Dawud 4942
سنن أبي داود#4942Hasanحَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ح، وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ مَنْصُورٌ - قَالَ ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَقَرَأْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ أَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ فَقَالَ إِذَا قَرَأْتَهُ عَلَىَّ فَقَدْ حَدَّثْتُكَ بِهِ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا - عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ مَوْلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الصَّادِقَ الْمَصْدُوقَ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَاحِبَ هَذِهِ الْحُجْرَةِ يَقُولُ " لاَ تُنْزَعُ الرَّحْمَةُ إِلاَّ مِنْ شَقِيٍّ " .
Narrated AbuHurayrah: I heard AbulQasim (ﷺ) who spoke the truth and whose word was verified say: Mercy is taken away only from him who is miserable
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:
In-book reference: 43:170