Ṣaḥābī
Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ
بِلَال بْن رَبَاح
First muʾadhdhin of Islam
c. 580 – 640 CE. Abyssinian former slave. First muʾadhdhin of Islam. Tortured under Umayyah in Makkah, freed by Abū Bakr.
Classical sources
Bukhārī 3754 · Ibn Saʿd, Ṭabaqāt vol. 3
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