Allah, Exalted is He, says:
“Allah and His Messenger are worthier that they should please Him.” (al-Tawbah 9:62)
He also says:
“Say: If your fathers, your sons …”—up to His words—“… are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His command.” (al-Tawbah 9:24)
In the two Ṣaḥīḥs it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Three qualities, whoever possesses them will taste the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he loves a person and loves him only for the sake of Allah; and that he detests returning to disbelief after Allah has delivered him from it just as he detests being cast into the Fire.”
He also said:
“By the One in whose hand is my soul, none of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his child, his parent, and all people.”
ʿUmar once said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, you are dearer to me than everything except my own self.” He replied, “No, O ʿUmar, not until I am dearer to you than your own self.” ʿUmar said, “Now, by Allah, you are …”