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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—the blazing sun, torturing him, and forcing him to repeat, “Your god is al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā.” He would answer only, “One, One.”

When the news reached Abū Bakr he went to them and said, “Why are you trying to kill this man? He will never obey you.”

They said, “Then buy him.” So he purchased him for seven awqiyahs and set him free. (1)

He informed the Prophet ﷺ, who said, “Let me have a share in him, Abū Bakr.” He replied, “I have already emancipated him.” (2)

Ibn ʿUyaynah transmitted—from Ismāʿīl, from Qays—who said:
“Abū Bakr bought Bilāl, while he was pinned beneath stones, for five awqiyahs of gold. They remarked, ‘Had you refused to pay more than a single awqiyah, we would still have sold him.’ He responded, ‘By Allah, had you refused to take anything less than a hundred awqiyahs, I would still have bought him.’ (3) Its isnād is sound.

Isrāʾīl (4) narrated—from al-Miqdām ibn Shurayḥ, from his father, from Saʿd—who said:
“We were six men in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The idolaters said, ‘Drive these people away from you, so they will not dare to confront us.’ I was one of them, together with Ibn Masʿūd, Bilāl, a man from Hudhayl, and two others. Then Allah revealed: ‘Do not drive away those who call upon their Lord …’—the two verses [al-Anʿām 52–53]. (5)"

(1) Ibn Saʿd, 3/1/165. The verb matta al-shayʾ yamuttuhu maṭṭan means “to stretch something.” In the printed edition the word matuhu has been corrupted to ḥatuhu. (2) Reported by Ibn Saʿd, 3/1/165, through the chain: ʿArim ibn al-Faḍl – Ḥammād ibn Zayd – Ayyub – Muhammad ibn Sirin. All the transmitters are reliable, but the isnad is broken. (3) Reported by Abu Nuʿaym, Hilyat al-awliyaʾ, 1/150. (4) The printed text mistakenly reads “Ismaʿil.” The correct narrator is Israʾil ibn Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq al-Sabiʿi al-Hamdani, a trustworthy transmitter. (5) Reported by Muslim, no. 2413 (46), in the Book of the Companions’ Merits, chapter on the virtues of Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas; by al-Tabari, no. 13263, in his Tafsir; and by Ibn Majah, no. 4128, in the Book of Asceticism, chapter “Keeping Company with the Poor,” through the chain Qays ibn al-Rabiʿ – al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh. Al-Suyuti cites it in al-Durr al-manthur, 3/13, attributing it to Ahmad, al-Firyabi, ʿAbd ibn Humayd, al-Nasaʾi, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Abi Hatim, Ibn Hibban, Abu Shaykh, Ibn Marduyah, al-Bayhaqi in Dalāʾil al-nubuwwa, al-Hakim, and Abu Nuʿaym.

الشَّمْسِ، وَعَذَّبُوْهُ، وَجَعَلُوا يَقُوْلُوْنَ: إِلَهُكَ اللاَّتُ وَالعُزَّى. وَهُوَ يَقُوْلُ: أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ. فَبَلَغَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَأَتَاهُمْ، فَقَالَ: عَلاَمَ تَقْتُلُوْنَهُ؟ فَإِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُطِيْعِكُمْ. قَالُوا: اشْتَرِهِ. فَاشْتَرَاهُ بِسَبْعِ أَوَاقٍ، فَأَعْتَقَهُ (١) . وَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: (الشّركَةَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ) . قَالَ: قَدْ أَعْتَقْتُهُ (٢) . ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ: عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: اشْتَرَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِلاَلاً وَهُوَ مَدْفُوْنٌ فِي الحِجَارَةِ بِخَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ ذَهَباً. فَقَالُوا: لَوْ أَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ أُوْقِيَّةً لَبِعْنَاكَهُ. قَالَ: لَوْ أَبَيْتُم إِلاَّ مَائَةَ أُوْقِيَّةٍ لأَخَذْتُهُ (٣) . إِسْنَادُهُ قَوِيٌّ. إِسْرَائِيْلُ (٤) : عَنِ المِقْدَامِ بنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتَّةَ نَفَرٍ. فَقَالَ المُشْرِكُوْنَ: اطْرُدْ هَؤُلاَءِ عَنْكَ، فَلاَ يَجْتَرِؤُوْنَ عَلَيْنَا. وَكُنْتُ أَنَا، وَابْنُ مَسْعُوْدٍ، وَبِلاَلٌ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ، وَآخَرَانِ. فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: ﴿وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُم ... ﴾ ، الآيَتَيْنِ [الأَنْعَامُ: ٥٢، ٥٣] (٥) .

(١) ابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ١٦٥، ومط الشئ يمطه مطأ إذا مده. وقد تحرفت " مطوه " في المطبوع إلى " حطوه ". (٢) أخرجه ابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ١٦٥ من طريق: عارم بن الفضل، عن حماد بن زيد، عن أيوب، عن محمد بن سيرين. ورجاله ثقات لكنه منقطع. (٣) أخرجه أبو نعيم في " حلية الأولياء " ١ / ١٥٠. (٤) تحرفت في المطبوع إلى " إسماعيل ". وإسرائيل هو ابن يونس بن أبي إسحاق السبيعي، الهمداني، الثقة. (٥) أخرجه مسلم (٢٤١٣) (٤٦) في فضائل الصحابة: باب فضائل سعد بن أبي وقاص. والطبري (١٣٢٦٣) في التفسير، وابن ماجه (٤١٢٨) في الزهد: باب مجالسة الفقراء، من طريق: قيس بن الربيع عن المقدام بن شريح به. وذكره السيوطي في " الدر المنثور " ٣ / ١٣ ونسبه إلى أحمد والفريابي، وعبد بن حميد، والنسائي، وابن المنذر، وابن أبي حاتم، وابن حبان، وأبي الشيخ، وابن مردويه، والبيهقي في دلائل النبوة، والحاكم، وأبي نعيم.