Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I recited this verse as an illustration while Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was listening silently: "A fair-complexioned man, by whose face rain is sought from the clouds; a guardian of the orphans and a protector of the widows." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Such is the Messenger of Allah.
Imam Ahmad recorded it, and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).