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Who was Bilal ibn Rabah?

من كان بلال بن رباح؟

Bilal ibn Rabah (may God be pleased with him) was an Abyssinian Muslim whom Abu Bakr freed from torment; the first muezzin in Islam and one of the Companions most beloved to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Bilal ibn Rabah was an Abyssinian Muslim freed by Abu Bakr from torture. He was the first muezzin in Islam, and one of the Companions most beloved to the Prophet. 1

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.