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The Prophet (ﷺ) sent an army under the command of Usama bin Zaid. When some people criticized his
leadership, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you are criticizing Usama's leadership, you used to criticize his
father's leadership before. By Allah! He was worthy of leadership and was one of the dearest persons
to me, and (now) this (i.e. Usama) is one of the dearest to me after him (i.e. Zaid).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 62, Hadith 77
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`Ali demanded the hand of the daughter of Abu Jahl. Fatima heard of this and went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
saying, "Your people think that you do not become angry for the sake of your daughters as `Ali is now
going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl. "On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up and after his recitation of
Tashah-hud. I heard him saying, "Then after! I married one of my daughters to Abu Al-`As bin Al-
Rabi` (the husband of Zainab, the daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) before Islam and he proved truthful in
whatever he said to me. No doubt, Fatima is a part of me, I hate to see her being troubled. By Allah,
the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the daughter of Allah's Enemy cannot be the wives of one man."
So `Ali gave up that engagement.
'Al-Miswar further said: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) talking and he mentioned a son-in-law of his belonging to
the tribe of Bani `Abd-Shams. He highly praised him concerning that relationship and said (whenever)
he spoke to me, he spoke the truth, and whenever he promised me, he fulfilled his promise."
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Aisha said, "A Qaif (i.e. one skilled in recognizing the lineage of a person through Physiognomy and
through examining the body parts of an infant) came to me while the Prophet (ﷺ) was present, and Usama
bin Zaid and Zaid bin Haritha were Lying asleep. The Qa'if said. These feet (of Usama and his father)
are of persons belonging to the same lineage.' " The Prophet (ﷺ) was pleased with that saying which won
his admiration, and he told `Aisha of it.