Nasai

Imam al-Nasa'i's intent is that, in comparison to the marfu' (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) narration reported by Yahya, the narration he reported as mawquf (stopped at) upon Aisha radi Allahu anha is authentic. And the reason for the authenticity of the mawquf narration is that most of the narrators who report from Yahya have narrated it as mawquf. Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, Abdullah ibn Idris, Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, and Imam Malik rahimahullah are all agreed upon its being mawquf. For details, see: (Dhakheerat al-‘Uqba Sharh Sunan al-Nasa’i, al-Unyubi: 58/37). However, this greater authenticity pertains only to Yahya's narration, not to the other chains, because through other chains this narration is established as marfu'.