Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih al-Bukhari › Companions of the Prophet
Sahih al-Bukhari 3755صحيح البخاري 3755
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، أَنَّ بِلاَلاً، قَالَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِنَفْسِكَ فَأَمْسِكْنِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتَنِي لِلَّهِ فَدَعْنِي وَعَمَلَ اللَّهِ.
Narrated Qais: Bilal said to Abu Bakr, "If you have bought me for yourself then keep me (for yourself), but if you have bought me for Allah's Sake, then leave me for Allah's Work."
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن عبد الله ← محمد بن عبيد ← إسماعيل بن أبي خالد ← قيس بن أبي حازم ← بلال بن رباح
Muhammad ibn Abdullah → Muhammad ibn Ubayd → Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid → Qais → Bilal
