Musnad Ahmad 4701

Translation

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed Usama as a commander over a people, and the people criticized his leadership. He said, "If you criticize his leadership, you have criticized the leadership of his father. By Allah, he was indeed worthy of leadership, and he was among the most beloved of people to me, and this son of his is the most beloved of people to me after him."

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 4250Sahih al-Bukhari 4469Sahih Muslim 2426b

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   سمعت
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 127 AH, or 131 AH, or 136 AH, also said: 132 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍثقة
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Sufyān al-Thawrī

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid), an imam and authority (ḥujjah)d. 159 AH or 160 AH or 161 AH or 162 AH
   سُفْيَانَثقة حافظ , فقيه عابد ، إمام حجة
   عن
4. 4
   Yaḥyā

   trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam and exemplar (qudwah)d. 198 AH
   يَحْيَىثقة متقن حافظ ، إمام قدوة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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