(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. (IT)
Reference (IT): Sahih al-Bukhari 3754 (IT)
In-book reference (IT): Book 62, Hadith 101 (IT)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 98 (IT)