After the Prophet’s death, Bilal was reluctant to deliver the call to prayer, as he may have felt dissatisfied with succession arrangements. Reportedly, he declined to pledge allegiance (bay‘a) to Abu Bakr (r. 11–13/632–634) as caliph, and he eventually emigrated and settled in Sham. [1]
On at least one moving occasion, Bilal is known to have delivered the adhan after the Prophet, and that was upon the request of Muhammad’s beloved daughter Fatima (d. 11/632) and her two sons, al-Hasan (d. 50/669) and al-Husayn (d. 61/680). [1]
Reference
[1] Meri, Josef
W. “Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia”. Routledge,
NY. 2005, p. 109 ISBN 978-0-41-596690-0
Who is gonna believe this non-Muslim writer?
ReplyDeleteAlso, Bilal (ra) is majhool (unknown) according to Shia scholars.
What a shame and disgrace?
This entry was written by sourcing Muslim scholars, mainly Tabari.
ReplyDeleteShias only goes back to the Prophet and the Imams of Ahl al Bayt.
I guess the Sunnis would have hard time to believe this because they believe in the absurd notion that all the companions of the Prophet were good and they liked each other!