We were with the Prophet ﷺ, and he was holding the hand of Umar bin Khattab. Umar said to him, "Messenger of Allah, you are more beloved to me than everything except myself."The Prophet ﷺ replied, "No, by the One in whose hand is my soul, not until I am more beloved to you than your own self."Umar then said to him, "Now, by Allah, you are more beloved to me than myself."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Now, Umar."
كنا مع النبي ﷺ، وهو آخذ بيد عمر بن الخطاب، فقال له عمر: يا رسول الله! لأنت أحب إلى من كل شيء إلا من نفسي. فقال النبي ﷺ: لا، والذي نفسي بيده! حتى أكون أحب إليك من نفسك. فقال له عمر: فإنه الآن، والله لأنت أحب إلي من نفسي. فقال النبي ﷺ: الآن يا عمر.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Oaths and Vows (6632), from Yahya bin Sulayman, who said, Ibn Wahb told me, who said, Haywa informed me, who said, Abu Aqeel Zahra bin Mabad told me, that he heard his grandfather Abdullah bin Hisham say it, and he mentioned it.