20th Muharram: Wisaal of Hazrat Bilal Radi Allahu Anhu (Part 2)

Hazrat Bilal Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu was known for his beautiful voice and was given the honour by the Holy Prophet Muhammad SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam of being the first Mu'azzin of Islam.  He called the Adhaan and he was the Mu'azzin of Masjid al-Nabawi as long as he remained with Rasulullah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam.

One day at the time of Fajr, Rasulullah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam asked Hadrat Bilaal Radi Allahu Anhu, 'O Bilaal, Show me one action that you have done after accepting Islam, whose virtue is above all other actions, because I have heard your footsteps in Jannah'. Hadrat Bilaal Radi Allahu Anhu explains that I have not done any action whose virtue is more than the others. But it is true, that during the day or night, whenever I made Wudhu, I made it my duty to read some Nafl Salaah, and from amongst the Salaah I read, I verily read Tahiyyatul Wudhu (Salaat after Wudhu)" when beloved Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam heard this, he said that it was because of this action that he had attained such status.

The great devotee and Muazzin of Rasulallah SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam, the courageous and beloved Abyssinian passed away in the 20th year after Hijrah in the middle of reading Adhan in Damascus, Syria between the years 638 and 642 (AD) at the age of 60 or 63 and there he is buried near 'Bab as-Sagheer'.

Let us all Make Fatiha in our homes today For The Esaale Thawaab Of This Great Personality By Reciting Atleast:

3 x Surah Ikhlaas
1 x Sura al-Faatiha

For Gaining Countless Blessings In This World, In Our Graves And In The Aakhirah