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Bilal ibn Rabah, the Glossary

Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ (بِلَال بِن رَبَاح) (5 March 580 – 2 March 640), was one of the Sahabah (companions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[1]

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580 births
630s deaths
640s deaths
7th-century slaves
Mu'azzins
Muhajirun
Non-Arab companions of the Prophet
Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr

Abu Bakr

Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr, was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his death in 634. Bilal ibn Rabah and Abu Bakr are Muhajirun, Sahabah hadith narrators and Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr.

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Abu Dharr al-Ghifari

Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari Al-Kinani (أَبُو ذَرّ ٱلْغِفَارِيّ ٱلْكِنَانِيّ), also spelled Abu Tharr or Abu Zar, born Jundab ibn Junādah (جُنْدَب ٱبْن جُنَادَة), was the fourth or fifth person converting to Islam, and a member of the Muhajirun. Bilal ibn Rabah and Abu Dharr al-Ghifari are Muhajirun and Sahabah hadith narrators.

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Adhan

The (adhān) is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at five times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Al-Aḥad

al-Aḥad or Aḥad (Arabic: الأحد) is one of the names of God (Arabic: Allah) according to Islam, meaning "The One".

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Al-Nawawi

Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (translit;&lrm; (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press.. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day.

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Al-Suyuti

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; 1445–1505), or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent. Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century, he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Ali

Ali ibn Abi Talib (translit) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 to 661, as well as the first Shia imam. Bilal ibn Rabah and Ali are Muhajirun, Sahabah hadith narrators and Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr.

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Allah

Allah (ﷲ|translit.

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Ammar ibn Yasir

Ammar ibn Yasir (translit; died July 657) was a companion of Muhammad and a commander in the early Muslim conquests. Bilal ibn Rabah and Ammar ibn Yasir are 7th-century slaves, Arabian slaves and freedmen, Muhajirun and Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr.

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Amr ibn Hisham

Amr ibn Hisham (translit; also known as Abū Jahl (أبو جهل) (literally "father of ignorance") by Muslims) was the Meccan Qurayshi polytheist leader of the Mushrikites known for his opposition to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the most prominent flag-bearer of opposition towards Islam.

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Banu Jumah

The Banu Jumah (translit) was an Arab clan of the Quraysh.

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Battle of Badr

The Battle of Badr (غَزْوَةُ بَدْرٍ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia.

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Bay'ah

Bayʿah (بَيْعَة, "Pledge of allegiance"), in Islamic terminology, is an oath of allegiance to a leader.

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Bayt al-mal

Bayt al-mal (بيت المال) is an Arabic term that is translated as "House of money" or "House of wealth." Historically, it was a financial institution responsible for the administration of taxes in Islamic states, particularly in the early Islamic Caliphate.

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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero

Bilal: A New Breed of Hero is a 2015 English-language Emirati 3D animated action-adventure film about the birth of Islam, produced by Barajoun Entertainment and co-directed by Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal.

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Companions of the Prophet

The Companions of the Prophet (lit) were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime, while being a Muslim and were physically in his presence.

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East Africa

East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape.

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Edward Wilmot Blyden

Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

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Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (حَمْزَة إبْن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب)Muhammad ibn Saad. Bilal ibn Rabah and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib are Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr.

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Hejaz

The Hejaz (also; lit) is a region that includes the majority of the west coast of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Baljurashi.

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History of the Caliphs

History of the Caliphs is a book written by al-Suyuti (c. 1445-1505), the classic Sunni scholar.

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Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Abū ʿUmar al-Namarī al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī al-Mālikī, commonly known as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (ابن عبد البر) was an eleventh-century Maliki scholar and Athari theologian who served as the Qadi of Lisbon.

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Fath al-Bari.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar (translit), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

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Keita dynasty

The Keita dynasty ruled pre-imperial and imperial Mali from the 11th century into the early 17th century.

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Kingdom of Aksum

The Kingdom of Aksum (ʾÄksum; 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣,; Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages.

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List of expeditions of Muhammad

The list of expeditions of Muhammad includes the expeditions undertaken by the Muslim community during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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List of non-Arab Sahabah

Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was an Arab from the Banu Hashim of the Quraysh. Bilal ibn Rabah and List of non-Arab Sahabah are non-Arab companions of the Prophet.

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Ludwig W. Adamec

Ludwig W. Adamec (10 March 1924 – 1 January 2019) was an Austrian scholar on the Middle East and Afghanistan.

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Majalis al-muminin

Majalis al Mo'minin (Persian:مجالس المومنین) is a book with biographies and works of Shia Islam scholars such as followers of the Twelve Imams, theologians and philosophers.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Muezzin

The muezzin (مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer (ṣalāt) five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer, Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer) at a mosque from the minaret. Bilal ibn Rabah and muezzin are Mu'azzins.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Mus'ab ibn Umayr

Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr (مصعب بن عمير) also known as Muṣʿab al-Khayr ("the Good") was a sahabi (companion) of Muhammad. Bilal ibn Rabah and Mus'ab ibn Umayr are Sahabah hadith narrators.

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Nehemia Levtzion

Nehemia Levtzion (נחמיה לבציון; November 24, 1935 — August 15, 2003) was an Israeli scholar of African history, Near East, Islamic, and African studies, and the President of the Open University of Israel from 1987 to 1992 and the Executive Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute from 1994 to 1997.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.

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Purnam Allahabadi

Mohammed Musa Hashmi, known by his pen name Purnam Allahabadi was an Urdu poet and lyricist, best known for his worldwide famous Qawwali Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad sung by Sabri Brothers and Tumhe Dillagi originally sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

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Qawwali

Qawwali (Urdu:; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabiਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ.) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia.

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Qazi Nurullah Shustari

Sayyid Nurullah ibn Sharif al-Mar'ashi al-Shustari, commonly known as Qazi Nurullah Shushtari (1549–1610), also known as Shahid-e-Salis (third martyr) was an eminent Shia faqih (jurist) and alim (scholar) of the Mughal period.

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Quraysh

The Quraysh (قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Kaaba.

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Ruqayya bint Muhammad

Ruqayya bint Muhammad (translit; –March 624) was the second eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadija.

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Said ibn Amir al-Jumahi

Sa'id ibn Amir al-Jumahi (Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir al-Jumaḥī) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and governor of Hims in Syria during the caliphate of Umar.

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Salah

Salah is the principal form of worship in Islam.

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Salman the Persian

Salman al-Farsi (سَلْمَان ٱلْفَارِسِيّ) was a Persian religious scholar and one of the companions of Muhammad. Bilal ibn Rabah and Salman the Persian are Muhajirun and non-Arab companions of the Prophet.

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Shaykh Tusi

Shaykh Tusi (شیخ طوسی), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi (Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah (Shaykh al-Ṭāʾifah) was a prominent Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam.

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Sufism

Sufism is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Umar

Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Bilal ibn Rabah and Umar are Muhajirun and Sahabah hadith narrators.

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Umayya ibn Khalaf

Umayya ibn Khalaf (born on 563 and died 13 March 624 at age of 61) was an Arab slave master and the chieftain of the Banu Jumah of the Quraysh in the seventh century.

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Uthman

Uthman ibn Affan (translit; 17 June 656) was the third caliph, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Bilal ibn Rabah and Uthman are Muhajirun.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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William Muir

Sir William Muir (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, and colonial administrator, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces of British India.

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Year of the Elephant

The ʿām al-fīl (عامالفيل, Year of the Elephant) is the name in Islamic history for the year approximately equating to 570–571 CE.

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Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi

Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī (زيد بن حارثة الكلبي), was an early Muslim, Sahabi and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Bilal ibn Rabah and Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi are Arabian slaves and freedmen.

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Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadi was an Arab Muslim commander in the service of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar who played a leading role in the Ridda wars against rebel tribes in Arabia in 632–633 and later participated in early Muslim conquests of Sasanid Persia in 633–634, Byzantine Syria in 634–638, and the Exarchate of Africa in 639–643. Bilal ibn Rabah and Zubayr ibn al-Awwam are Sahabah hadith narrators and Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah

Also known as Bilaal Ibn Rabaah, Bilal al-Habashi, Bilal al-Habeshi, Bilal bin Rabah, Bilal bin Ribah, Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi, Bilal ibn Ribah, Bilal the Ethiopian, Bilal, son of Rabah, Bilal-i Habeşi, Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ.

, Shaykh Tusi, Sufism, Sunni Islam, Syria, Turkey, Umar, Umayya ibn Khalaf, Uthman, West Africa, William Muir, Year of the Elephant, Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam.

Bilal ibn Rabah, the Glossary

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580 births

630s deaths

640s deaths

7th-century slaves

Mu'azzins

Muhajirun

Non-Arab companions of the Prophet

Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr

References