Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2856b
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ . حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ . هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It is also reported from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, that she said, ‘The deed most beloved to the Messenger of Allah was the one he did consistently.’ Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani related a similar report through ‘Abdah, from Hisham, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, from the Prophet. This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness summarizes the alternate route as a chain with similar meaning; the Arabic specifies the transmitters and adds the grading.