Sunan Abi Dawud 681
سنن أبي داود#681Da'ifNarrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Have the imam in the centre and close up the gaps
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 2:291