´It was narrated that Zainab Ath-Thaqafiyyah said:` "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'If one of you wants to attend the prayer, let her not touch perfume.'"
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
The statement of Imam al-Nasa'i rahimahullah means that the aforementioned narration with the chain: from al-Zuhri, from Busar ibn Sa'id, from Zaynab al-Thaqafiyyah is not correct. Rather, the authentic narration is with this chain: from Bukayr, from Busar ibn Sa'id, from Zaynab al-Thaqafiyyah, because the hadith scholars (huffaz muhaddithin) rahimahumullah have narrated this hadith in this manner (with the chain of Bukayr). The one who narrates it with the chain of al-Zuhri is Sa'id, and he is a weak narrator.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5137