Sunan Abi Dawud 61

سنن أبي داود#61Sahih

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: The key to prayer is purification; its beginning is takbir and its end is taslim

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniHasan Sahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan Sahih
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan

In-book reference: 1:61