Sahih Muslim 6700
صحيح مسلم#6700Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ، اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، فِي هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ . بِمِثْلِ مَعْنَاهُ وَزَادَا جَمِيعًا عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَصْبَهَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَازِمٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ " ثَلاَثَةً لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ " .
Abu Huraira reported that he (the Holy Prophet) said:Three (children) who die in childhood
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:
Every narration in Sahih Muslim is accepted as Sahih (authentic) by the established status of the book.
In-book reference: 45:197