Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 15315

Urwah narrates: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "When I reflect on you, I am amazed. I have found you to have the deepest understanding of religion among people, and I thought: what could prevent that? She is the wife of the Messenger of Allah and the daughter of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Then I found you to be learned in the history of the Arabs, their genealogies and their poetry, and I thought: what could prevent that? Her father was the great scholar of Quraysh. But what amazes me is that I have found you also know about medicine; where did you acquire this knowledge?" She took my hand and said: "O Uraiyyah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fall ill often, and the physicians of the Arabs and the non-Arabs would come and send medicine for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); from that I learned this."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and these words are his. Ahmad recorded something similar, except that he has these words: Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I used to tend the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in these illnesses, and that is where (the knowledge of medicine) came from."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Mu'awiyah al-Zubayri, about whom Abu Hatim said he is mustaqim al-hadith (sound in hadith), and there is weakness in him. The rest of the narrators of Ahmad and of al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir are thiqat (trustworthy), except that Ahmad said: "From Hisham bin Urwah, that Urwah said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)", so outwardly the chain appears to be broken (munqati'), while al-Tabarani said in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir: "From Hisham bin Urwah, from his father", so the chain is connected (muttasil); and Allah knows best.