65- Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī informed us; he said: Abū al-Faḍl (1) Ḥamad ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; he said: Abū Nuʿaym Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq, the ḥāfiẓ (2), narrated to us; he said: Abū ʿAmr ibn Ḥamdan related to us; he said: al-Ḥasan ibn Sufyān related to us; he said (3): al-Haytham ibn Junād (4) related to us; he said: Yaḥyā—meaning Ibn Sulaym—related to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUthmān ibn Khuthaym, from Ibn Abī Mulaykah (5), who said:
Ibn ʿAbbās asked permission to enter upon ʿĀʾishah (while she was dying) (6). She said, “I have no need of his commendation.” ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr (7) said, “My mother, Ibn ʿAbbās is among your righteous (8) children; he has come to visit you.” She replied, “Then let him in.” He entered and said, “My mother, (rejoice!) (9) By Allah, nothing stands between you and meeting Muḥammad and the beloved ones except that your soul depart from your body. You were the most beloved of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ among his wives, and the Messenger of