Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ يَعْنِي اسْتَأْذَنَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا بَنُو أَخِيهَا قَالَتْ أَخَافُ أَنْ يُزَكِّيَنِي فَلَمَّا أَذِنَتْ لَهُ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تَلْقَيْ الْأَحِبَّةَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُفَارِقَ الرُّوحُ الْجَسَدَ كُنْتِ أَحَبَّ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُحِبُّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَسَقَطَتْ قِلَادَتُكِ لَيْلَةَ الْأَبْوَاءِ فَنَزَلَتْ فِيكِ آيَاتٌ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَيْسَ مَسْجِدٌ مِنْ مَسَاجِدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا يُتْلَى فِيهِ عُذْرُكِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ فَقَالَتْ دَعْنِي مِنْ تَزْكِيَتِكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَوَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ.
English Translation
Ibn 'Abbas sought permission to visit 'Aisha (on her deathbed). Her nephews hesitated but she said she feared he would praise her excessively. When she admitted him, he said: "Between you and meeting your loved ones is only for the soul to leave the body. You were the most beloved wife of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) to him, and the Messenger of Allah used to love only what is good. Your necklace fell on the night of al-Abwa', and verses of the Quran were revealed about you, and there is no mosque among the mosques of the Muslims except that your vindication is recited in it day and night." She said: "Leave me from your praises, O Ibn 'Abbas. By Allah, I wish I were forgotten."