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tirmidhi:3675 – Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bazzāz al-Baghdādī > al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

"I heard 'Umar bin Al-Khattab saying: 'We were ordered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to give in charity, and that coincided with a time in which I had some wealth, so I said, "Today I will beat Abu Bakr, if ever I beat him."' So I came with half of my wealth, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "What did you leave for your family?" I said: "The like of it." And Abu Bakr came with everything he had, so he said: "O Abu Bakr! What did you leave for your family?" He said: "I left Allah and His Messenger for them." I said: '[By Allah] I will never be able to beat him to something.'"  

الترمذي:٣٦٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَزَّازُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي مَالاً فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ قُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ قَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

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abudawud:1678 – Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ And ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah Wahadhā Ḥadīthuh > al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > Amaranā

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us one day to give sadaqah. At that time I had some property. I said: Today I shall surpass AbuBakr if I surpass him any day. I, therefore, brought half my property. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: What did you leave for your family? I replied: The same amount. AbuBakr brought all that he had with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: What did you leave for your family? He replied: I left Allah and His Apostle for them. I said: I shall never compete you in anything.  

أبو داود:١٦٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَالاً عِنْدِي فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ قُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ قَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ قُلْتُ لاَ أُسَابِقُكَ إِلَى شَىْءٍ أَبَدًا  

darimi:1701 – Abū Nuʿaym > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us one day to give sadaqah. At that time I had some property. I said: Today I shall surpass AbuBakr if I surpass him any day. I, therefore, brought half my property. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: What did you leave for your family? I replied: The same amount. AbuBakr brought all that he had with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: What did you leave for your family? He replied: I left Allah and His Apostle for them. I said: I shall never compete you in anything. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1678)   

الدارمي:١٧٠١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا عِنْدِي فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا قال فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» قُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ فَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُسَابِقُكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا  

hakim:1510 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār al-ʿAdl > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Nuṣayr > Abū Nuʿaym > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us one day to give sadaqah. At that time I had some property. I said: Today I shall surpass AbuBakr if I surpass him any day. I, therefore, brought half my property. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: What did you leave for your family? I replied: The same amount. AbuBakr brought all that he had with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: What did you leave for your family? He replied: I left Allah and His Apostle for them. I said: I shall never compete you in anything. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1678)   

الحاكم:١٥١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْعَدْلُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا عِنْدِي فَقُلْتُ الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَهُ وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» فَقَالَ أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُسَابِقُكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»
bayhaqi:7774 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār al-ʿAdl > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Abū Nuʿaym > Hishām b. Saʿd > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us one day to give sadaqah. At that time I had some property. I said: Today I shall surpass AbuBakr if I surpass him any day. I, therefore, brought half my property. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: What did you leave for your family? I replied: The same amount. AbuBakr brought all that he had with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: What did you leave for your family? He replied: I left Allah and His Apostle for them. I said: I shall never compete you in anything. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1678)   

البيهقي:٧٧٧٤ – 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  

رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي كِتَابِ السُّنَنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ دُكَيْنٍ
suyuti:2-120b – Zīd b. Slam from his father > ʿUmar
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السيوطي:٢-١٢٠b –

"عَنْ زِيْدِ بْنِ أسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: (*) "أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَن نَتَصَدَّقَ وَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَالًا عِنْدِى، فَقُلْتُ: الْيومَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يومًا، فَجِئْتُ بنصفِ مَالِى، فَقَالَ رسولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ؟ قُلْتُ أَبقيتُ لَهُمْ، قَالَ: مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهْلِكَ؟ قُلْتُ: مِثْلَهُ، وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِمَا عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لأَهلِكَ؟ فقالَ: أَبقيتُ لهمُ اللهَ ورَسولَهُ، قُلتُ: لَا أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَى شَئٍ أَبَدًا".  

الدرامى، [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي وقال: حسن صحيح، والشاشى، وابن أبي عاصم، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره