Sources of the Hadith
1. Musnad Ahmad (Hadith 14563)
This narration is included in Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s Musnad.
2. Al-Adab al-Mufrad by Imam al-Bukhari (Hadith 704)
Imam al-Bukhari recorded this narration in his collection focusing on manners and etiquettes.
3. Al-Mustadrak by Al-Hakim (Hadith 1813)
Imam Al-Hakim included this hadith in his Al-Mustadrak and authenticated it, stating that it meets the criteria of Imam Muslim.

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It's been announced that Shaykh
Ahmed Bin Taleb Hameed حفظه الله is no longer an
Imam at Masjid an-Nabawi

May Allāh preserve, reward and accept it from him. Ameen. 💔

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Hudhayfah b. Qatadah said: “If you obey Allāh in private, He’ll improve your heart, whether you wish for it or not!”

{Sifat as-Safwah (v. 4 p. 270)}

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Abu Ad-Darda’ narrated that :
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “It used to be from the supplication of Dawud that he would say: ‘O Allah, indeed, I ask You for Your love and the love of those who love You, and for the action that will cause me to attain Your love, O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family and cold water (Allāhumma innī as’aluka ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuka wal-`amalalladhī yuballighunī ḥubbak. Allāhummaj`al ḥubbaka aḥabba ilaiyya min nafsī, wa ahlī wa minal-mā’il-bārid) He said: “And when the Prophet (ﷺ) would mention Dawud, he would narrate about him, saying: “He was the best in worship out of all men.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3490

“اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ ‏"‏

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“Nowhere, perhaps, did the triumph of Islam present a more brilliant contrast to the barbarities of the Crusaders than in the Holy Land under Muslim rule, where Jews and Christians lived in security.”

Thomas W. Arnold, The Preaching of Islam, p. 60