Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْمَعُهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أَمَّرَ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ عَابُوا أُسَامَةَ وَطَعَنُوا فِي إِمَارَتِهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي النَّاسِ فَقَالَ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمٌ أَلَا إِنَّكُمْ تَعِيبُونَ أُسَامَةَ وَتَطْعَنُونَ فِي إِمَارَتِهِ وَقَدْ فَعَلْتُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَخَلِيقًا لِلْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَأَحَبَّ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ إِلَيَّ وَإِنَّ ابْنَهُ هَذَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لَأَحَبُّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ قَالَ سَالِمٌ مَا سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَطُّ إِلَّا قَالَ مَا حَاشَا فَاطِمَةَ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Wuhayb told us: Musa ibn Uqbah told us: Salim told me, from his father: that he used to hear him narrate, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning when he appointed Usamah ibn Zayd as commander, and it reached him that the people criticized Usamah and impugned his command. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood among the people and said, as Salim narrated to me: Indeed you criticize Usamah and impugn his command, and you did the same regarding his father before; yet he was indeed worthy of command, and he was indeed the most beloved of all people to me, and this son of his after him is the most beloved of people to me, so treat him well, for he is among your best. Salim said: I never heard Abdullah narrate this hadith without saying: not excepting even Fatimah.