Sunan an-Nasa'i 4315
سنن النسائي#4315Sahihأَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَرَى فِي الضَّبِّ قَالَ " لَسْتُ بِآكِلِهِ وَلاَ مُحَرِّمِهِ " .
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that a man said:"O Messenger of Allah what do you think about mastigures?" He said: "I do not eat them but I do not say that they arte Haram
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:
Abu GhuddahSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiHasan
In-book reference: 42:53