[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "O Zayd, no one is more trustworthy and beloved to me than you, so remember this." So I went and saw her baking bread, and when I saw her, my chest tightened to the point where I couldn't even look at her, knowing that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , had mentioned her. I turned my back to her and said, "O Zaynab, rejoice! The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , has sent me to mention you." She said, "I am not the one who will do anything until my Lord commands me." So she went to her mosque, and the Quran was revealed, and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came to her without her permission.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا زَيْدُ «مَا أَحَدٌ أَوْثَقُ فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا آمَنُ عِنْدِي مِنْكَ فَاذْكُرْهَا عَلَيَّ» فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَخْبِزُ عَجِينَهَا فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهَا عَظُمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي حَتَّى مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا حِينَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَهَا فَوَلَّيْتُهَا ظَهْرِي وَقُلْتُ يَا زَيْنَبُ أَبْشِرِي أَرْسَلَنِي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُكِ فَقَالَتْ «مَا أَنَا بِصَانِعَةٍ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُوَامِرَ رَبِّي فَقَامَتْ إِلَى مَسْجِدِهَا وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ»  

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). (Using translation from Bukhārī 3730)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ بَعْثًا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ وَطَعَنَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي إِمْرَتِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ تَطْعَنُوا فِي إِمْرَتِهِ فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَطْعَنُونَ فِي إِمْرَةِ أَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَايْمُ اللهِ إِنْ كَانَ لَخَلِيقًا لِلْإِمْرَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ وَإِنَّ هَذَا لِمَنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ بَعْدَهُ»  

[Machine] Aisha used to say that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , never sent Zaid ibn Haritha in an army except that he made him their leader. If the Messenger of Allah had lived longer, he would have appointed Zaid as his successor. Abu Abdur Rahman said, "The name of the adopted son was Abdullah Al-Bahi."  

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ مَا بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ فِي جَيْشٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَوْ بَقِيَ بَعْدَهُ لَاسْتَخْلَفَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «اسْمُ الْبَهِيِّ عَبْدُ اللهِ»