It was asked, "Messenger of Allah, who is the most beloved person to you?"He replied, "Ayesha."It was asked, "And among men?"He replied, "Her father."
حدثنا أحمد بن عبدة والحسين بن الحسن المروزي قالا حدثنا المعتمر بن سليمان عن حميد
قيل يا رسول الله أي الناس أحب إليك قال عائشة قيل من الرجال قال أبوها
Graded sahih. Tirmidhi collected it in the chapters on Virtues, chapter on the virtue of Ayesha , hadith 3890, from Ahmad bin Abdah with this chain, and he said, hasan sahih gharib from this route, from the hadith of Anas. Bukhari and Muslim and others also collected something similar from the hadith of Amr bin As.