[Machine] I was praying when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called me, but I did not respond to him until I finished my prayer and came to him. He asked me, "What prevented you from coming to me?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I was praying." He said, "Did Allah not say, 'O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you'?" (Quran 8:24). Then he said, "I will teach you the greatest Surah in the Quran, or one of the greatest Surahs, before you leave the mosque." He took my hand, and when he was about to leave the mosque, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, you said you would teach me the greatest Surah in the Quran?" He said, "Yes, praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. It is Al-Hamd (Surah Al-Fatiha), the seven repeated verses and the Great Quran that I have been given."  

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ حَتَّى صَلَّيْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي قَالَ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ} [الأنفال 24] ثُمَّ قَالَ لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ  

from his father: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a Khutbah one day and said: 'Indeed there is a man whose Lord has given him the choice between living in this life as long as he wishes to live, and eating from this life as much as he wishes to eat, and between meeting his Lord.'" He said: "So Abu Bakr cried. The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Are you not amazed at this old man, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned a righteous man whose Lord gave him the choice between this life or meeting his Lord, and he chose meeting his Lord.'" He said: "But Abu Bakr was the most knowledgeable one of them regarding what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said. So Abu Bakr said: 'Rather we will ransom our fathers and wealth for you.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'There is no one among people more beneficial to us (Amanna Ilaina) in his companionship, or generous with his wealth than Ibn Abi Quhafah. And, if I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken Ibn Abi Quhafah as a Khalil. But rather love and the brotherhood of faith' - saying that two or three times - 'Indeed your companion is the Khalil of Allah.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3659)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا خَيَّرَهُ رَبُّهُ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَعِيشَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَعِيشَ فِيهَا وَيَأْكُلَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ فِيهَا وَبَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ فَاخْتَارَ لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ قَالَ فَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ أَنْ ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا خَيَّرَهُ رَبُّهُ ﷻ بَيْنَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ وَبَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا فَاخْتَارَ لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَعْلَمَهُمْ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَلْ نَفْدِيكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِأَمْوَالِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَمَنُّ عَلَيْنَا فِي صُحْبَتِهِ وَذَاتِ يَدِهِ مِنْ ابْنِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ وَلَكِنْ وُدٌّ وَإِخَاءُ إِيمَانٍ وَلَكِنْ وُدٌّ وَإِخَاءُ إِيمَانٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ ﷻ