al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5233
✧ The biography of Bilal b. Rabah, the caller to prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ «أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ اشْتَرَى بِلَالًا مِنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ
وَأَنَّهُ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَسْوَدَ مُوَلَّدًا اشْتَرَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ خَلَفٍ أَعْطَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ غُلَامًا وَأَخَذَ بَدَلَهُ بِلَالًا وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ اسْمُهَا حَمَامَةُ وَكَانَا أَسْلَمَا جَمِيعًا وَكَانَ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ تُوُفِّيَ بِدِمَشْقَ سَنَةَ عِشْرِينَ وَيُقَالُ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ»
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Chain of narrators
- Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb
- Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār
- Yūnus b. Bukayr
- Muḥammad b. Isḥāq
- Abū Bakr Āshtará Bilāl from Umayyah b. Khalaf
✧ He was present at Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He was a black man, born into slavery. Abu Bakr bought him from Umayya b. Khalaf; Abu Bakr gave a slave boy in exchange and took Bilal instead. His mother's name was Hamama, and both of them became Muslims. His kunya was Abu Abdullah. He died in Damascus in the year 20 AH, though it is also said 18 AH.
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