FMC is sharing different profiles of people of Influence during the Black History Month (1) : 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐛𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡 08 فبراير, 2021 وقت الإنشاء: 01:16 م عدد القراءات: 304 وقت القراءة: 1 On the Occasion of Black History Month: The Canadian Muslim Forum (FMC-CMF) will be sharing different profiles of people of Influence. Many women and men thought out history and modern times, deserve to be forever remembered and honoured, for their sacrifices, changes, humanity, influence and inspirations. 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐛𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡 (Arabic: بلال بن رباح) or Bilal al-Habashi (580-640 AD) was a companion of the prophet Muhammad. Originally an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) Arab, he was born in Mecca and is considered as the first muezzin chosen by the prophet himself.Bilal was among the emancipated slaves freed by Abu Bakr and was known for his beautiful voice with which he called people to their prayers. His name can also be known as, "Bilal ibn Riyah" or "ibn Rabah". He died sometime between 638 to 642, when he was just over sixty three years old.Bilal Ibn Rabah, was an emancipated slave of key importance in Islam. He is said to have been one of the most trusted and loyal Sahabah (companion) of Muhammad. His respected stature during the birth of Islam is often cited by Muslims as evidence of the importance of pluralism and racial equality in the foundations of the religion. Bilal also was given the title Sayyid al-Mu’azzin, which means leader of the Mu’azzins𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗹, 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱'𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗱'𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻 (𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺) 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗮:𝑶 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆! 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒔. 𝑵𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔