Sunan an-Nasa'i 4444
سنن النسائي#4444Sahihأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا " .
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbbas Said:"The messenger of Allah forbade us from using anything with a soul as a target." (Sahih)
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: 43:84