The Benefits of Monitoring the Sahaba

The word sabirqul literally means race. The Sahaba are monitoring and they're wanting to win the race in the eyes of Allah that nobody's going to beat me to that place in Jannah. And this is something we do for the dunya. This isSomething we do for this world. There's a competition. So here we have Umar saying, today I shall race Abu Bakr and win him in the race. It's a very beautiful mentality. We also have over here the concern of the Prophet ﷺ for the women and children that they need money desperately. But when Umar brings his money, the Prophet said, what did you leave for your family?