Arabic (Original)
وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَرَّاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَائِلُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ الْبَهِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ فِي جَيْشٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَوْ بَقِيَ بَعْدَهُ لَاسْتَخْلَفَهُ.
English Translation
I found in my father's book: Sa'id ibn Muhammad al-Warraq told us: Wa'il ibn Dawud told us, from al-Bahi, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never sent Zayd ibn Harithah out with an army but that he placed him in command over them, and had he lived after him, he would have appointed him as his successor.