Salman, Suhayb, and Bilal were sitting with a group of people when Abu Sufyan bin Harb passed by them. They said, "The swords of Allah have not yet taken their due from the neck of Allah's enemy."Abu Bakr said, "Do you say this about the elder and chief of Quraysh?"The Prophet ﷺ was informed of this and said, "Abu Bakr, perhaps you angered them. If you have angered them, you have angered your Lord
."So Abu Bakr returned to them and said, "My brothers, perhaps I angered you?"They replied, "No, Abu Bakr. May Allah forgive you."
حدثنا مهنأ بن عبد الحميد أبو شبل وحسن يعني ابن موسى قالا ثنا حماد بن سلمة المعنى عن ثابت عن معاوية بن قرة
أن سلمان وصهيبا وبلالا كانوا قعودا في أناس فمر بهم أبو سفيان بن حرب فقالوا ما أخذت سيوف الله تبارك وتعالى من عنق عدو الله مأخذها بعد فقال أبو بكر أتقولون هذا لشيخ قريش وسيدها قال فأخبر بذلك النبي ﷺ فقال يا أبا بكر لعلك أغضبتهم فلئن كنت أغضبتهم لقد أغضبت ربك تبارك وتعالى فرجع إليهم فقال أي إخوتنا لعلكم غضبتم فقالوا لا يا أبا بكر يغفر الله لك
Its isnad is sahih and its narrators are trustworthy and well-known. Muhanna bin Abdul-Hameed, Abu Shubayl Basri, is trustworthy and among the senior scholars of hadith. Thabit is Ibn Aslam Banani, the well-known imam, and Muawiya bin Qurra is among the trustworthy scholars of the Followers.Muslim narrated this hadith, 4/1947, number 2004, in the chapter on the virtues of the companions, from the virtues of Bilal and Salman. Tabarani also narrated it in Al-Kabir, 18/18, number 28.