Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 417
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، وَسُفْيَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ لأَنْ أُصْبِحَ مُطَّلِيًا بِقَطِرَانٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُصْبِحَ مُحْرِمًا أَنْضَخُ طِيبًا . فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَتْ طَيَّبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَطَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ مُحْرِمًا .
Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, from Waki', from Mis'ar and Sufyan, from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muntashir, from his father, who said: I heard Ibn 'Umar say: 'I would rather wake up smeared with tar than wake up in the state of ihram with strong perfume on me.' I went in to 'A'ishah and told her what he had said. She said: 'I perfumed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he went around to his wives, then entered ihram in the morning.'
Translation notes
The Arabic chain includes both Mis'ar and Sufyan. The source's euphemistic phrase about the Messenger going to his wives is retained in a restrained form.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ،
The English witness omits both routes and slightly changes the sense of Ibn 'Umar's comparison.
Please verify the two transmitters and the tar/perfume comparison against the Arabic.