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ahmad:19434Hushaym > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah

[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "Who follows you in your commands?" He replied, "Free people and slaves," meaning Abu Bakr and Bilal. And Umar used to say after that, "Indeed, I have seen myself as the fourth pillar of Islam."  

أحمد:١٩٤٣٤حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ تَابَعَكَ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالًا وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو يَقُولُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّيلَرُبُعُ الْإِسْلَامِ