62/23. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 3755 — Companions of the Prophet
The merits of Bilal bin Rabah, the freed slave of Abu Bakr ﵁
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سَمِعْتُ دَفَّ نَعْلَيْكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ».The Prophet ﷺ said (to Bilal) "I heard the sound of your shoes in Paradise just in front of me."
Sahih Bukhari : 3755
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 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.
Qais Narrated from:
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."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 3755In-book reference : Book 62, Hadith 100USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 99
