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ahmad:5638 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd > Abū Usāmah > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah > Sālim > Shāʿir > ʿInd Ibn ʿUmarawabilāl ʿAbdullāh Khayr

[Machine] Bilal replied to him, "You are lying, for that was the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."  

أحمد:٥٦٣٨ – قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَنَّ شَاعِرًا قَالَ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَوَبِلَالُ عَبْدُ اللهِ خَيْرُ

بِلَالِفَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ كَذَبْتَ ذَاكَ بِلَالُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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ibnmajah:152 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Abū Usāmah > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah > Sālim > Shāʿir Madaḥ Bilāl b. ʿAbdullāh > Bilāl b. ʿAbdullāh Khayr Bilāl

A poet praised Bilal bin 'Abdullah and said: "Bilal bin 'Abdullah is better than any other Bilal." Ibn 'Umar said: 'You are lying. The Bilal of the Messenger of Allah is better than any other Bilal.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَنَّ شَاعِرًا مَدَحَ بِلاَلَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ بِلاَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ خَيْرُ بِلاَلٍ فَقَالَ

ابْنُ عُمَرَ كَذَبْتَ لاَ بَلْ بِلاَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ خَيْرُ بِلاَلٍ