Sahih Muslim 4409
صحيح مسلم#4409Sahihحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عِيسَى، بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . مِثْلَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ " إِنْ سَرَقَ حَبْلاً وَإِنْ سَرَقَ بَيْضَةً " .
This hadith is narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words
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: 29:12