Sunan Abi Dawud 4993
سنن أبي داود#4993Hasan chainحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ مُهَنَّا أَبِي شِبْلٍ، - قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ مِنْهُ جَيِّدًا - عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ، عَنْ شُتَيْرٍ، - قَالَ نَصْرٌ : ابْنِ نَهَّارٍ - عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، - قَالَ نَصْرٌ - عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ مُهَنَّا ثِقَةٌ بَصْرِيٌّ .
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: To harbour good thoughts is a part of well-conducted worship. (This is according to Nasr's version). Abu Dawud said: Mahna' is reliable and he is from Basrah
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave, each scholar counted once — 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. When they judged only its chain of narrators (“Isnaad”), the label says “Sound chain”. Each scholar's own wording:
Our source also lists this ruling under Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid, the editor of the printed edition it was taken from. It is al-Albani's ruling printed again, so it is counted once.
In-book reference: 43:221