Abu Bakr RA once said to Nabi SAW: "I
have a greater wish for your uncle Abu Talib to come into Islam than
for my own father, as I know it would please you more!."
'Umar RA similarly, once said to
'Abbas , (Nabi's SAW uncle): "I was more pleased at your
accepting Islam than that of my father, because your Islam made Nabi
SAW happier."