Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2261b
"عَنْ الشَّعْبِىِّ قَالَ: دَخَلَ خَبَّابُ بنُ الأَرَتِّ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ فَأَجْلَسَهُ عَلَى "مُتَّكَئِهِ" فَقَالَ: مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ أحَقّ بِهَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ مِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ، قَالَ لَهُ خَبَّابٌ: مَنْ هُوَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَال: بِلَالٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُ خَبَّابٌ: يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ مَا هُوَ بِأَحَقَّ مِنِّى، إِنَّ بِلَالًا كَانَ لَهُ في المُشْرِكِينَ مَن يَمنَعُهُ اللَّه بِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ (لِى) أَحَدٌ يَمْنَعُنِى، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنى يَوْمًا أَخَذونِى وَأَوْقَدُوا لِى نَارًا ثُمَّ سَلَقُونِى فِيهَا، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَجُلٌ رِجْلَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِى فَمَا اتَّقَيْتُ الأَرْضَ إِلَّا بِظَهْرى، ثُمَّ كَشَفَ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَد بَرِصَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shaʿbi
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"Narrated from al-Sha'bi who said: Khabbab ibn al-Aratt entered upon 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he seated him on his "mut-taki'" (cushion). He said: 'There is no one on earth more deserving of this gathering than this man, except one man.' Khabbab said to him: 'Who is he, O Commander of the Faithful?' He said: 'Bilal.' Khabbab said to him: 'O Commander of the Faithful, he is not more deserving than I am. Bilal had among the polytheists someone whom Allah protected him through, but I had no one to protect me. I remember a day when they seized me and kindled a fire for me, then they dragged me through it. Then a man placed his foot on my chest, and I could only protect myself from the ground with my back. Then he uncovered his back, and behold, it had become leprous.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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