\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\n`Umar used to say, "Abu Bakr is our chief, and he manumitted our chief," meaning Bilal.\n

\nNarrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:\n \n\n`Umar used to say, "Abu Bakr is our chief, and he manumitted our chief," meaning Bilal.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ عُمَرُ يَقُولُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ سَيِّدُنَا، وَأَعْتَقَ سَيِّدَنَا‏.‏ يَعْنِي بِلاَلاً‏.‏