Jami` at-Tirmidhi 110
جامع الترمذي#110Sahihحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رُخْصَةً فِي أَوَّلِ الإِسْلاَمِ ثُمَّ نُهِيَ عَنْهَا .
Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated:"Water is for water,' was only permitted in the beginning of Islam. Then it was prohibited
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:
Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 1:110