Sahih Muslim 4121
صحيح مسلم#4121Sahihحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، بِإِسْنَادِهِمْ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ يَذْكُرُ فِيهِ " إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ " .
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn Abu Najih through another chain of transmitters mentioning in it" for a specified period
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:
Every narration in Sahih Muslim is accepted as Sahih (authentic) by the established status of the book.
In-book reference: 22:160