Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3877 — The virtue of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

It is narrated from the family of Abu al-Hayyaj that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This pulpit of mine stands upon one of the gates of Paradise. Indeed, a servant was given the choice by his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, between living in this worldly life as long as Allah wills, or choosing the meeting with his Lord." (On hearing this) Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. (Then the narrator) related the full hadith like the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), and in it are also these words: "But (between us) there is the affection and brotherhood of faith."
The origin of this hadith is found in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim; however, in this particular chain the family of Abu al-Hayyaj are mastur (of unknown standing), while al-Tirmidhi declared the wording about the virtue of the pulpit hasan sahih.