Abu Bakr (l.a.)'s desire to be pubic hair

Ibn Jauzi in al-Muntazam, vol. 4, p. 63 writes that Abu Bakr (l.a.) desired

لوددت اني شعرة في جنب عبد مومن
I desire that surely I should be a hair on the thigh of a believer

If he was really a believer, why he would desire to be a hair on the thigh of a believer?

In another place, Umar (l.a.) states that, I desire that I surely I should be a hair on the thigh of Abu Bakr (l.a.)

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