Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1992
جامع الترمذي#1992Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ " يَا ذَا الأُذُنَيْنِ " . قَالَ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ يَعْنِي مَازَحَهُ . وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:"O possessor of two ears!" Mahmud said: "Abu Usamah said: 'He only meant it as a joke
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 ZaiHasan
In-book reference: 27:98