Tirmidhi Book 49, Hadith 3675

حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَال:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي مَالًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي،‏‏‏‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ ؟ ،‏‏‏‏ قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ مِثْلَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ ؟ ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا. قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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.'