The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us one day to give in charity, and it happened to coincide with a time when I had wealth on hand. I said to myself, "Today I will outdo Abu Bakr, if ever I am to outdo him." So I brought half of my wealth.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What have you left for your family?"I replied, "The same amount."Then Abu Bakr came with everything he had, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What have you left for your family?"He answered, "I have left for them Allah and His Messenger."I said, "I will never compete with you in anything again."
أمرنا رسول الله ﷺ يوما أن نتصدق، فوافق ذلك مالا عندي، فقلت: اليوم أسبق أبا بكر إن سبقته يوما فجئت بنصف مالي، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: ما أبقيت لأهلك؟ فقلت: مثله. قال: وأتى أبو بكر بكل ما عنده، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: ما أبقيت لأهلك؟ قال: أبقيت لهم الله ورسوله، قلت لا أسابقك إلى شيء أبدا.
Reported by Abu Dawud (1678) and Tirmidhi (3675), and Hakim graded it sahih (1/414), all of them through the route of Abu Naeem Fadl bin Dukayn, who said, Hisham bin Saad narrated to us, from Zayd bin Aslam, from his father, who said, I heard Umar bin Khattab say... and then he related it.Its chain is hasan because of Hisham bin Saad, for his hadith is hasan, and Abu Dawud described him as the most reliable of people in transmitting from his teacher Zayd bin Aslam. Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan sahih hadith."