# Bilal ibn Rabah

> The first voice to call the faithful to prayer in Islam — a man who went from enslaved in Mecca to standing beside the Prophet Muhammad, chosen for a role that would echo through every mosque that followed.

*Companion of Muhammad and first Islamic mu'azzin (c.580–640)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bilal-ibn-rabah

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 581
- **Died:** 642
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Bilal ibn Rabah was born in Mecca on 5 March 580, into slavery. His life turned when he became a close companion of Muhammad, who saw past his bondage to something rare: a voice deep and clear enough to carry the new faith's summons. Muhammad personally chose him as Islam's first muʾazzin, the caller to prayer, a position that placed a formerly enslaved man at the ritual center of the community. He is often regarded as the first African or Black Muslim, a fact that carried its own weight in seventh-century Arabia. He died on 2 March 640, sixty years almost to the day from his birth, his voice the template for every call that would follow.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 17.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #210

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493136)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Bilal%20ibn%20Rabah)
- [بلال بن رباح](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [بلال حبشی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Bilal Həbəşi](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_H%C9%99b%C9%99%C5%9Fi)
- [Биләл ибн Рабах](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D3%99%D0%BB_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85)
- [Билял ибн Рабах](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BB_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85)
- [বিলাল ইবনে রাবাহ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Bilal ibn Rebbah](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rebbah)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Билал бин Рабахь](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C)
- [بیلالی حەبەشی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AD%DB%95%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Пильал эпну Рапах](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%85)
- [Bilal Ibn Rabah](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_Ibn_Rabah)
- [Bilāl ibn Rabāh](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil%C4%81l_ibn_Rab%C4%81h)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [بلال حبشی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Bilal bin Rabah](https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_bin_Rabah)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah](https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_ibn_Rabah)
- [Bilal Ibn Rabaha](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_Ibn_Rabaha)
- [בילאל אבן רבאח](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%90%D7%97)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bilal)
- [ቢላል](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A2%E1%88%8B%E1%88%8D)
- [بلال بن رباح](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD)

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