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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الفضائل
Book of Virtues
في بلال ﵁ وفضله
Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) and his virtue
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34511 — Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him)
٣٤٥١١ - حدثنا أبو معاوية عن إسماعيل عن قيس قال: اشترى أبو بكر بلالًا بخمس أواق ثم أعتقه، قال: فقال له بلال: يا أبا بكر، إن كنت إنما اعتقتني لتتخذني (خادمًا) (١) فاتخذني (خادمًا) (٢)، وإن كنت (إنما) (٣) أعتقتني للَّه فدعني ⦗١٤٦⦘ فأعمل للَّه، قال: فبكى أبو بكر ثم قال: بل أعتقتك للَّه (٤).
Qays (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) bought Sayyiduna Bilal for five uqiyah of silver and then freed him. At this Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "O Abu Bakr, if you freed me in order to make me your servant, then make me your servant if you wish; but if you freed me for the sake of Allah, then leave me free so that I may work for the sake of Allah." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) wept on hearing this, and then said: "Rather, I freed you for the sake of Allah."
