Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would take hold of me and Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and say: "O Allah! I love both of them, so You also love them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most beloved to me is Usamah (bin Zaid), even more than Fatimah and others."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that Sayyiduna Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) slipped from the doorstep and fell, and his face was injured. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Clean it (the blood, etc.) from him." I felt a bit of disgust. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself sucked the blood from his face and spat it out, and said: "If Usama were a girl, I would have dressed her in clothes and adorned her with jewelry."