Sunan Abi Dawud 5264
سنن أبي داود#5264Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، أَوْ أُخْتِي عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " فِي أَوَّلِ ضَرْبَةٍ سَبْعِينَ حَسَنَةً " .
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: For the first blow seventy good deeds will be recorded
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-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Muslim (2240)
In-book reference: 43:492