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his clear, beautiful voice, to pray
behind the Prophet [s].
The years passed and the Prophet
[s] fought many battles against the
wicked idol worshippers. Bilal [r]
was always by his side, his constant
faithful companion. Eventually Allah
blessed the Muslims with victory
over the idol worshippers and the
Prophet Muhammad [s] entered
Makkah triumphantly. The first thing
he did was to walk around the
Ka’bah seven times. Then he
entered the Ka’bah with Bilal [r] by
his side and performed two raka’at
of salah of gratitude to Allah.
The Prophet [s] then ordered Bilal
[r] to climb up onto the roof of the
Ka’bah and to call the people to
salah. And so he did.
Thus the first
Adhan
of the Muslims
in Makkah echoed throughout the
city, causing it to shake. It was as if
the words were arrows, piercing the
chests of the unbelievers, amazed
