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From this time onwards, Bilal [r]
would climb to the highest part of
the masjid, to call people to the
salah, to call them to success.
Bilal’s beautiful, strong voice with its
sweet melody had long been
renowned amongst the people of
Makkah. Even when he had been a
slave of Ummayyah, his songs and
poetry had delighted everyone.
Now his voice filled the streets of
Madinah, and the words he used
were the best he had ever uttered.
As Bilal’s [r] call to prayer in his
beautiful voice resounded through-
out the city, all the Muslims would
hear him and hurry to the masjid to
pray in the company of the Prophet
[s].
Now, whenever we hear the voice
of a
Mu’adhdhin
calling us to pray,
our minds go back to the time of the
Prophet [s], and we imagine Bilal
ibn Rabah [s], standing on the roof
of the masjid, calling the people in
