مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(انْتِقَالُ حَضْرَةِ بِلَالٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِلَى بِلَادِ الشَّامِ)
(Hazrat Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him, moving to the land of Sham)
Hadith 6260
وَعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ أَنَّ بِلَالًا قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: إِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِنَفْسِكَ فَأَمْسِكْنِي وَإِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِلَّهِ فَدَعْنِي وَعمل الله. رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Qais b. Abu Hazim told that Bilal said to Abu Bakr, "If you bought me only for your own sake keep me, but if you bought me only for God's sake let me go and undertake God's work." Bukhari transmitted it.
