Sunan Abi Dawud 5130
سنن أبي داود#5130Da'ifحَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنْ بِلاَلِ بْنِ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " حُبُّكَ الشَّىْءَ يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ " .
Narrated AbudDarda': The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Your love for a thing causes blindness and deafness
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-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 43:358