Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْعَدْلُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا عِنْدِي فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ فَقَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُسَابِقُكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz informed us... from Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded us one day to give charity. That coincided with a time when I had wealth. I said: Today I will surpass Abu Bakr, if I ever can. So I brought half of my wealth. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: What did you leave for your family? I said: The same amount. Then Abu Bakr came with everything he had. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: What did you leave for your family? He said: I left them Allah and His Messenger. I said: I will never compete with you in anything, ever.'