Grading: This hadith is sahih and all the narrators of this chain are thiqah (trustworthy); however, there was a difference over Hisham bin 'Urwah in it. One group narrated it like the author's (al-Hakim's) narration, and this is what Imam al-Daraqutni preferred in "al-'Ilal" (3821), while another, smaller group narrated it from Hisham, from his father 'Urwah bin al-Zubayr, from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Whichever way the chain turns, it ends on a trustworthy narrator. See the details of this in our verification of "Musnad Ahmad" (no. 24619).

Technical note / Defect ('illah): Imam al-Daraqutni indicated in "al-'Ilal" that in the narration of 'Abdullah bin Wahb from Yahya bin 'Abdullah and Sa'id bin 'Abd al-Rahman, from Hisham bin 'Urwah, the link of "'Urwah" (Hisham's father) is present between Hisham and 'Abbad, whereas the author's narration does not mention 'Urwah. And Allah the Exalted knows best.

Note / Clarification: Sa'id bin 'Abd al-Rahman refers to Ibn 'Abdullah bin Jamil al-Jumahi.

Reference / Source: Imam Ahmad narrated it in 41 / (24619) by way of Hafs bin Ghiyath, from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from 'Abbad bin Hamzah, with this chain.

Reference / Source: Imam Ahmad 41/ (24756), 42 / (25530), 43 / (26242), Abu Dawud (4970) and Ibn Hibban (7117) narrated it by various routes from Hisham bin 'Urwah, from his father ('Urwah bin al-Zubayr), from 'A'ishah.

Reference / Source: Imam Ahmad 42 / (25531, 25780) and Ibn Majah (3739) narrated it by way of Waki' bin al-Jarrah from Hisham bin 'Urwah, with the link of a man from the family of al-Zubayr who reports it from 'A'ishah. In Ibn Majah's narration the wording is "Hisham from a mawla of al-Zubayr".