Bilal al-Habashi

Bilal – بلال بن رباح

It has been narrated:

وعن قيس قال: اشترى أبو بكر بلالا وهو مدفون في الحجارة بخمس أواق ذهبا، فقالوا: لو أبيت إلا أوقية لبعناكه، قال: لو أبيتم إلا مئة أوقية لأخذته

Abu Bakr purchased (freed) Bilal for 5 golden coins ― while he was buried under rocks (getting tortured for believing in Tawheed).

They said: “Had you refused to buy, except for a single coin of gold, we would still have sold him to you.”

Abu Bakr replied: “Had you refused to sell, except for 100 golden coins, I would still have taken him.”

[“Musanaf Ibn Abi Shaybah”, 36589 – Dhahabi said: The chain is strong – إسناده قوي ].