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7187. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ sent an army unit headed by Usāma bin Zaid and the people criticised his (Usāma's) leadership. The Prophet ﷺ said (to the people), “If you are criticising his leadership now, then you used to criticise his father's leadership before. By Allāh, he (Usāma's father) deserved the leadership and used to be of the most (1) (Ch.32) A slave promised to be freed after his master's death. beloved persons to me, and now his son (Usāma) is one of the most beloved persons to me after him.” [See Vol. 5, Hadīth No.4469]
