- Bilal (Name): Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic.
Bilal ibn Rabah (Arabic: بلال بن رباح) was an Ethiopian born in Mecca in the late 6th century, sometime between 578 and 582. The müezzin (the word is pronounced this way Turkish, Urdu, etc. ...
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Prophet Muhammad chose Bilal as his muezzin. He was among the slaves freed by Abu Bakr and was known for his beautiful voice with which he called people to their prayers. His name can also be spelled as, "Bilal ibn Riyah" or "ibn Rabah" and he is sometimes known as "Bilal al-Habashi" or "Bilal the Ethiopian". He died sometime between 638 to 642, dying when he was just over sixty years old. For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). ...
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Early life
Very little is known about Bilal's early life. Everything that is known comes from Muslim sources. He was of very humble parentage, and was one of the first inhabitants of Mecca to accept early Islamic revelation. The Makkan suras are the chronologically earlier suras of the Quran that were revealed at Makka. ...
Genealogy His father was called Rabah, and his mother "Jumanah", also spelled as "Hamamah". His agnomen was "Abu Abdillah" and "Abu Umar". Narrators described him as very dark in complexion, slender, very tall, thick-haired and having a sparse beard.
Life as a slave Bilal was a slave owned by Umayah ibn Khalaf and/or Umayah's son Safwan ibn Umayyah of Banu Jumah, a Quraish subtribe. Among his tasks was tending herds of camels. Slave redirects here. ...
Father of Safwan ibn Umayah Umayah bin Khalaf was the head of the of Bani Lou’ai. ...
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The Banu Jumah (Arabic: بنو جمØ) is a clan of the Quraish tribe. ...
Quraish (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the Meccan tribe that the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to before he received the revelations of Islam. ...
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Bilal first heard of Muhammad when his master spoke to guests with anxiety, rage, and malice in his voice. Bilal overheard them say,
- "Muhammad was never a liar, magician, or mad, but we have to describe him this way until we turn away from him those who rush to his religion."
Bilal understood his masters to have three main reasons for disliking Muhammad: - Muhammad opposed the traditional religion of Quraish.
- They were afraid that the economic status of the Quraish would diminish if people were to stop coming to Mecca to worship the idols.
- They disliked the pride of Banu Hashim for having a prophet from their tribe.
However, when Bilal heard Muhammad preach, he decided to convert to Islam. This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ...
Banu Hashim (Arabic: بنو هاشم) is a clan in the Quraish tribe. ...
Bilal's master Umayah ibn Khalaf considered the acceptance of Islam by one of the Banu Jumah slaves as a shock. Umayah reportedly said, "It does not matter. Indeed the sun this day shall not set but with the Islam of this stray slave," and began to torture Bilal in order to force him to recant his new faith. Reportedly, Bilal endured various tortures, including being stripped naked and laid on hot coals, to make him renounce Islam. Bilal refused.
According to Ibn Ishaq, the 8th century biographer of the Prophet, Bilal's master reportedly, "would bring him out at the hottest part of the day and throw him on his back in the open valley and have a great rock put on his chest; then he would say to him, 'You will stay here till you die or deny Muhammad and worship al-Lat and al-Uzza" (pre-Islamic goddesses). Ibn Ishaq (or ibn Ishaq), (d. ...
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Other sources state that he "was made to lie down naked on the burning sand of the Arabian desert; a heavy stone was put on his chest which made breathing difficult for him. And as if it was not enough, some heavily built persons used to jump upon the stone, trying to crush him to death. Still the only sound heard from Bilal was "Ahad! Ahad! (One God! One God!)"
Bilal remained beneath the rock. By sunset they raised him up and placing a rope around his neck, took him around the mountains and streets of Mecca. Bilal kept saying, "One ... One."
This torture was repeated every day. They said Bilal could go free on the condition that he said the name of Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza. But Bilal answered, "One ... One" They said to him, "Say as we say." Bilal answered them "Indeed my tongue is not good at that."
One of them said "Tomorrow, speak well of our gods, say, 'My lord is Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza,' and we'll leave you alone." Bilal shook his head and said, "One... One." Umayah ibn Khalaf kicked him and shouted, "What bad luck has thrown you upon us, O slave of evil! By Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza, I will make you an example for slaves and masters."
Later Abu Bakr went to them while they were torturing Bilal and shouted at them, Abu Bakr As Siddiq (Arabic ابو بكر الصديق, alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (c. ...
- "Have you no fear of God that you treat this poor man in such a way -- how long do you intend continuing like this!"
- With a sneer, Ummaya replied, "It is you who have corrupted him -- save him from it!"
Abu Bakr said, "Are you killing a man because he says, 'God is my Lord?'" Then he shouted at Umayah ibn Khalaf, "Take more than his price and set him free."
Umayah accepted the offer, reasoning that selling Bilal was more profitable to them than killing him. Abu Bakr paid their price. They said, "Take him, for by Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza if you had refused to buy him except for one ounce of gold, [I] would have sold him to you."
Abu Bakr answered, "By God, if you had refused to sell him except for a hundred ounces, I would have paid it."
Abu Bakr took Bilal home, cared for him, nursed Bilal back to health and permitted him to practice Islam freely. Muhammad later freed Bilal completely.
Living with Prophet Muhammad
Adhan Muslim tradition supplies the story of how the adhan came to be used to announce the times of the five daily prayers. In two AH, a Muslim named Abd Allah ibn Zaid had a vision in which he tried to buy a wooden clapper to summon people to prayer. But the man who had the clapper advised him to call out to the people instead and to cry: Adhan (Azaan) (أَذَان) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin. ...
The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwÄ«m al-hijrÄ«; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری GÄhshomÄri-ye Hejri; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
- God is most great! God is most great!
- God is most great! God is most great!
- I testify that there is no god but God
- I testify that there is no god but God
- I testify that Muhammad is the Apostle of God
- I testify that Muhammad is the Apostle of God
- Hasten to prayer! Hasten to prayer!
- Hasten to salvation! Hasten to salvation!
- God is most great! God is most great!
- There is no god but God
According to Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Zaid went to Muhammad with his story and Muhammad, approving, told him to ask an Ethiopian named Bilal, who had a marvelous voice, to call the Muslims to prayer. As Ibn Ishaq told the story (in Albert Guillaume's translation): When the Apostle was told of this he said that it was a true vision if God so willed it, and that he should go to Bilal and communicate it to him so that he might call to prayer thus, for he had a more penetrating voice. When Bilal acted as muezzin, Umar I, who later became the second caliph, heard him in his house and came to the Apostle... saying that he had seen precisely the same vision. The Apostle said 'God be praised for that!' For other uses of the name, see Umar (disambiguation). ...
Though slightly different versions of the story exist, all agree that Islam's first muezzin was Bilal. Later on, some people suggested that this honour should be given to someone else, because Bilal could not pronounce the Arabic letter 'shin' properly and instead used the letter 'sin'. Muhammad said, "The 'sin' of Bilal is 'shin' in the hearing of God," meaning that God does not see the physical manifestation; he appreciates the purity of heart. Bilal felt deep love for Muhammad, and he is quoted as reciting some lines of poetry in his own language, Ethiopian, in the praise of the Prophet of Islam. Hassan bin Thabit al-Ansari has translated it into Arabic: Arabic ( or just ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ...
- "When noble traits are described in our country, thou art pointed out as a model among us."
Migration In 622, the year of the Hijra, Bilal also migrated to Medina and over the next decade accompanied Muhammad on all his military expeditions, serving, tradition says, as the Prophet's mace-bearer and steward, but also as a muezzin revered by Muslims for his majestically sonorous renditions of the adhan. Bilal also carried Muhammad 's spear, which was used from 624 onward to point the direction of prayer. For other uses see Hijra. ...
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He fought in the Battle of Badr, in the aftermath of which he killed his former master and torturer Umayah ibn Khalaf, in spite of the protestation of Umayah's capturer and long-time friend Abd-al-Rahman ibn Awf. Bilal was also present in all of the major events and battles, including the battles of Uhud and Khandaq. Combatants Muslims of Medina Quraish of Mecca Commanders Muhammad Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib Ali Amr ibn HishÄm (aka AbÅ« Jahl) Abu Sufyan Strength 305-350 <900-1000 Casualties 14 killed 50-70 killed 43-70 captured The Battle of Badr (Arabic: ‎), fought March 17, 624 CE (17 Ramadan...
Abdur Rahman bin Awf, (Arabic: عبد الرØمن بن عوÙ) (d. ...
Combatants Muslims Quraysh-led Coalition Commanders Muhammad Abu Sufyan Strength 700 3,000 Casualties 70 dead 22 The Battle of Uhud was fought on 23 March, 625, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina, in what is now north-western Arabia, and a force from Mecca, the...
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Bilal's finest hour came in January 630, on an occasion regarded as one of the most hallowed moments in Islamic history. After the Muslim forces had captured Mecca, the Prophet's muezzin ascended to the top of the Ka'ba to call the believers to prayer - the first time the call to prayer was heard within Islam's holiest city. Picture of the Kaaba with Muslim pilgrims performing Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) The Kaaba (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), also known as al-Ka‘abatu’l-Musharrafat ( ‎), al-Baytu l-‘AtÄ«q ( ‎ The Primordial House), or al-Baytu’l-ḤarÄm ( ‎ The Sacred House), is a large cuboidal building located inside the mosque known...
After Prophet Muhammad There are contradictory reports about what happened to Bilal after the death of Muhammad in 632. What seems clear is that at some point Bilal accompanied the Muslim armies to Syria.
After Muhammad's demise, Usama ibn Zaid continued a military expedition to Syria, as commanded by Muhammad. However, it is very uncertain if that is the army Bilal accompanied. Son of Zaid the freed slave was made commander over Umar, Abu Bakr and Uthman att the age of 18 a few days before Muhammads demise. ...
Sunni view Some Sunni sources say that after Abu Bakr gained power after Muhammad, Bilal acted as Abu Bakr's muezzin but subsequently declined to serve his successor, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, in the same capacity. For other uses of the name, see Umar (disambiguation). ...
Other Sunni authors say Muhammad's death signaled the end of Bilal's career as a muezzin, and that he called the faithful to prayer only twice more in his life - once in Syria, to honor the visiting 'Umar, and a second time, in Medina, when he was specifically asked to do so by the Prophet's grandsons.
Death Bilal died there between 638 and 642, though the exact date of death and place of burial are disputed.
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He (Bilal) died in Damascus in 17 or 18 AH, but some say 20 AH, or even 21 AH when he was just over sixty years old. Some said he died in Madinah, but that is wrong. That is how it is in al-Isabah and other works such as the Tahdhib of an-Nawawi. (ref) 17 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 637 – 638 CE, called the Year of Destruction [1]. ^ History of the Caliphs by Suyuti [1] Category: ...
18 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 638 – 639 CE. Among other events of the caliphate of Umar, were the first outbreak of plague in Syria in 18 A.H., and a famine in Hijaz in the same year. ...
Shi'a state that Bilal died in Damascus around 20 AH, and was buried in 'Bab Saghir, and that his grave in Damascus is visited by thousands of devoted Muslims every year.(ref) Damascus at sunset Damascus ( translit: Also commonly: الشام ash-ShÄm) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ...
20 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 640 – 641 CE. Category: ...
Legacy If there is some disagreement concerning the hard facts of Bilal's life and death, his importance on a number of levels is incontestable. Muezzin guilds, especially those in Turkey and Africa, have traditionally venerated the original practitioner of their noble profession, and African Muslims as a whole feel a special closeness and kinship to him; he was an Ethiopian, after all, who had been exceptionally close to the Prophet, and is a model of steadfastness and devotion to the faith. The story of Bilal, in fact, remains the classic and most frequently cited demonstration that in the Prophet's eyes, the measure of a man was neither nationality nor social status nor race, but piety. A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
Bilal was devoted to the Ahl ul-Bayt and used to publicly show his support for them. People of Mohammeds (s. ...
The Shi'a Imam Jafar al-Sadiq is recorded as having said, "May God bless Bilal! He loved us, the family of the Prophet, and was one of the most pious servants of God." Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (April 20, 702 – December 4, 765), in full Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn, was the sixth Shia imam, and a theologian and jurist. ...
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External links - al-islam.org [1]
- http://afghanland.com/islam/bilal.html
- http://www.onshor.com/Muhamad/https/library/Chapter30.htm
- http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198304/the.first.muezzin.htm
- http://anwary-islam.com/companion/s-bilal.htm
- http://www.haneen.com.eg/islam/SahabahStories/Bilal.shtm
- http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Muhammad/Book/Millennium_Biography/Chapter_030.htm
- Hadith/Narrations in which Bilal ibn Ribah was mentioned - www.SearchTruth.com
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