Sunan Abi Dawud 3143
سنن أبي داود#3143Sahihحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ - بِمَعْنَى الإِسْنَادِ - أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ، أُخْتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ مَشَطْنَاهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm 'Atiyyah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:We braided her hair in three plaits
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniSahih
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidSahih
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih Muslim (939)
In-book reference: 21:55