(23) باب مَنَاقِبُ بِلاَلِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنهما
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:
`Umar used to say, "Abu Bakr is our chief, and he manumitted our chief," meaning Bilal.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 3754
In-book reference: Book 62, Hadith 101
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 98