It is narrated from Hazrat Amr bin Abasah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I presented myself before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (before accepting Islam) and asked, "Who are the people following your religion?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "The free and the slave." By this, he meant Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him). And Hazrat Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) later says, "I have seen that time when I was a quarter of Islam."