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292 — ‘Abdullāh narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyūb narrated to us, saying: Ibrāhīm ibn Sa‘d narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishāq, who reported that it had reached him that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb used to say:
“Had Abū Bakr surpassed us in nothing other than freeing our master Bilāl!”
٢٩٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ قثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ يَقُولُ: لَوْ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَمْ يَفْضُلْنَا بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَعْتَقَ سَيِّدَنَا بِلَالًا.