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Who rests here
Companions · died 20 AH · Damascus
The Companion who was the first muezzin of the Prophet. His full name is Abu Abd Allah Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi ; he is also known by the kunyas Abu Abd al-Karim or Abu Amr, and as Ibn Hamama after his mother. He was born a slave of Abyssinian origin some forty years before the Hijra (c. 581).
Full biography of Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Damascus
Coordinates: 33.50611, 36.30639
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000450 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.