Competition in doing good deeds, amazing!

Abu Bakr was the quickest of the Companions to rush to any good deed. From Abu Daud (with an authenticity of "hassan"): Umar ibn Al-Khattab said: The Prophet (sas) ordered us to give sadaqa. It happened to coincide with some wealth I had just acquired and I said to myself: If I will every surpass Abu Bakr, this is the day I will surpass him. And so I cam to the Prophet (sas) with half of my wealth and he (sas) said to me: "What have you left for your family?" I said: The same amount. Then Abu Bakr came with all of his wealth. The Prophet (sas) said to him: "What have you left for your family?" He said: I have left them Allah and His Messenger." I said: I will never surpass you in anything."

While he was Caliph, Abu Bakr used to lead Fajr prayer and leave right afterwards. One day Umar followed him because he was curious about what he was doing after Fajr prayer. He saw Abu Bakr go into a tent in the desert for a while, and then he left and returned to the city.

Umar then went to the tent to see who was there. He found an old woman with young children. He asked her about her condition, and she said that she was a blind widow raising her orphan children. He then asked who the man was. She said she didn't know, except that he was a man from the Muslims who would come to them everyday and bake their bread, clean their home, and wash their clothing, milk their goat, and then leave. Umar asked if she paid him, but he found that the woman had nothing to even pay him with. Umar then asked how long Abu Bakr had been doing this. The woman said, he's been doing this for a long time.

Afterwards, when Umar saw Abu Bakr, he said, "You have made things very difficult for the caliphs who follow you, Abu Bakr."