حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُکَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَال سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِکَ عِنْدِي مَالًا فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَکْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِکَ قُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ وَأَتَی أَبُو بَکْرٍ بِکُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَکْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِکَ قَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمْ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَی شَيْئٍ أَبَدًا قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3675
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam: I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khattab saying: 'We were ordered by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to give in charity, and that coincided with a time in which I had some wealth, so I said, Today I will beat Abu Bakr, if ever I beat him. ' So I came with half of my wealth, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: What did you leave for your family? I said: The like of it. And Abu Bakr came with everything he had, so he said: O Abu Bakr! What did you leave for your family? He said: I left Allah and His Messenger for them. I said: '[By Allah] I will never be able to beat him to something.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020