Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Ubaid’s respected father says: Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him) submitted (in the service of Allah the Exalted): O my Lord! You have mentioned Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Yaqub (peace be upon them) among Your beloved servants. (This status and rank) You granted them — for what (deed’s blessing) did You bestow it upon them? Allah the Exalted replied: Indeed, whenever Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw any false deity or unlawful act being set against Me or My command, and he was compelled to compare, he always chose Me (and My command) over that false deity or unlawful act. And Ishaq (peace be upon him), for My pleasure, offered his very life as a sacrifice, and in spending other things besides his life (in charity and alms for My pleasure), his generosity was even greater than that. And as for Yaqub (peace be upon him), his trust in Me was such that whenever I tested him, his good opinion of Me only increased (no ill thoughts ever arose).