English translation
6627. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ sent an army detachment and made Usāma bin Zaid its commander. Some people criticized (spoke badly of) Usāma's leadership. So Allāh's Messenger ﷺ got up, saying, "If you people are criticizing Usāma's leadership, you have already criticized the leadership of his father before. But Wa aimullāh (i.e., by Allāh), he (i.e., Zaid) deserved the leadership, and he was one of the most beloved persons to me; and now this (his son Usāma) is one of the dearest persons to me after him." [See Vol. 5, Hadith No. 4469]
