مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(أَمَنِيَّةٌ غَيْرُ مُكْتَمِلَةٍ لِحَضْرَةِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)
(An unfulfilled wish of Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 6030
وَعَن عُمَرَ قَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ وَوَافَقَ 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؟» فَقُلْتُ: مِثْلَهُ. وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ. فَقَالَ: «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» . فَقَالَ: أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. قُلْتُ: لَا أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد
God's messenger ordered us to give sadaqa, and as that happened when I had some property I said, "If I am going to get ahead of Abu Bakr any day I shall do so to-day." I brought half my property, and when God's messenger asked what I had kept for my family I told him I had kept a similar amount. Abu Bakr, then brought all he had, and when he asked him what he had kept for his family he replied that he had kept God and His messenger for them. I then said, "I shall never get ahead of him in anything." Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
