Meaning, Ibn Abbas sought permission to enter upon Ayesha, but her nephews kept urging her to admit him.She said, "I fear that he will praise me excessively."When she finally allowed him in, he said, "There is nothing between you and meeting your loved ones except for the soul to part from the body. You were the most beloved of the wives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved only what was wholesome and pure. Your necklace fell on the night of al-Abwa, and verses of the Quran were revealed concerning you. There is not a mosque among the mosques of the Muslims in which your innocence is not recited throughout the hours of the night and the hours of the day."She replied, "Spare me your praise, Ibn Abbas. By Allah, I would have wished..."
حدثنا سفيان عن معمر عن عبد الله بن عثمان بن خثيم
إن شاء الله يعني استأذن ابن عباس على عائشة فلم يزل بها بنو أخيها قالت أخاف أن يزكيني فلما أذنت له قال ما بينك وبين أن تلقي الأحبة إلا أن يفارق الروح الجسد كنت أحب أزواج رسول الله ﷺ إليه ولم يكن يحب رسول الله ﷺ إلا طيبا وسقطت قلادتك ليلة الأبواء فنزلت فيك آيات من القرآن فليس مسجد من مساجد المسلمين إلا يتلى فيه عذرك آناء الليل وآناء النهار فقالت دعني من تزكيتك يا ابن عباس فوالله لوددت
Its isnad is sahih. Ibn Saad related it in abbreviated form in al-Tabaqat 8:51, adding at the end, "Let Ibn Zubayr come in to see her specifically," and she said, "Ibn Abbas praised me, but I did not want to hear anyone praise me today. I would have wished to have been forgotten entirely." Bukhari also related it in abbreviated form, 8/371-382. See 2496.