), Bilal never felt the same again. Hazrat Bilal (Radhiallahu Anhu) is very lovingly remembered by Muslims around the world as one of the earliest great African Muslim. We are using cookies on website to provide you the best experience by saving your preferences and on repeated visits. 1:54. Hazrat Abu Bakr approached the Jew at a time when he was again busy beating Bilal. After the death of Prophet (PBUH), Bilal (RA) wasn’t able to continue living in Madinah. Outwardly they may be dressed in tattered clothes, suffering hunger and starvation and be pale in the face, but inwardly they experience great peace, comfort and such joy as if it were experienced by . I am in love with suffering pain and sorrow.”, Hazrat Abu Bakr on numerous occasions, advised Hazrat Bilal but on every occasion when he passed that way, he saw the same picture – the Jew persecuting Bilal who was all the time uttering: “Ahad! Share It. When the people of Madinah saw Hadrat Bilal returning through the city gates, they were overwhelmed with joy.
What good a fortune for Bilal that Rasulullah himself also took part in purchasing him. This article would explore few unknown points related to Hazrat Bilal (RA)’s life; from birth up till His burial. He called Hazrat Bilal towards himself and advised him to utter Allah’s name in solitude and not to utter it in the presence of his persecutor. This means that the wild duck is not afraid of the storm, but is able to overcome the ebb and flow of the waves of the storm. When Bilal (RA) moved back in Madina, Hazrat Hussain and Hasan (RA) requested Him to give Azan. He also felt pity for the poor man He told Abu Bakr to purchase Bilal from Ummayya and set him free. On one hot day, Bilal lay on the burning hot sand tied to the ground. Hazrat Bilal ”’replied: “0 Honoured One, you are the Siddeeq of Rasulullah I accept your advise and will act accordingly. When the self has claimed to be a wild duck, Hence, this delay in answering their prayers is for the bondsman a means towards His Mercy and not a sign of His rejection or of His considering the duah as being worthless. However, the Love for Allah within him forced him to openly proclaim the Kalima-e-Tawheed and to utter the cry of This is what is called True Love. He embraced Islam in the early days of Islam, when the enemies of Islam did not allow the Muslims any restful moments. ”. “When the Lover saw the dagger of Love in the hands of the Beloved, His tomb is located in Bab al Saghir, a graveyard in Damascus.
But the Divine Love, because it is placed within the essence of man, even if no worldly needs are acquired, no change comes about in the Lover and his Love does not decrease. He was born in a village in a mountainous place in Western Arabia. It pained him extremely to learn that a true believer should suffer in such a manner. But planning either to kill Him or to make him change his religion. “This distressed one, covered in a quilt is My special bondsman, Among thousands one such is born.”.
Ummayah bin Khalaf was The father and mother were slaves of Ummayya bin Khalaf, a rich man from the tribe of Quraish. If Hazrat Bilal had wanted to, he could have kept his conversion to Islam a secret and thus have saved himself from persecution and injury. Hazrat Bilal uttered the cry of “Ahad! He has turned pale, gone weak and sick. Ahad!” till the anger of the Jew forced him to react with violence and he assaulted Hazrat Bilal q~ in such a manner, that his body became filled with blood and injury. It is jisq’ (transgression), which is caused by overeating. Otherwise his persecutor would continue to unjustly persecute and punish him. The reply angered Ummayya greatly. In the condition, he lay and lost his senses. Among the slaves from Africa, Bilal was the first to accept Islam. When that is the effect of sensual worldly love, then one can just imagine how much greater the ecstasy will be experienced when one has love for the true beloved, i.e.
But question the lover himself and he will explain what joy and pleasure he feels. Yet Bilal would not yield. And when the Lover saw the dagger aimed at him,
The body of Bilal was injured and blood-stained before the Jew, So they went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), told him the same and he replied that Allah has ordered the sun not to rise until Bilal (may … or the embedded content. believe made His master angrier. Enter your Email and get all Islamic Posts in your Inbox! He found that the heavy stone was no more on his chest. If any person accepted the new religion, they oppressed and harassed him. Rasulullah replied: “You have made a very good sale, 0 Siddeeq”.
May the heads of friends remain safe, for you to try your sword on them. By his own conduct, he also set such examples. He was tortured alternatively by Ummayah bin Khalaf and Abu Jahl. Now at this stage someone may come forth with an objection.
After few years, Hazrat Bilal (RA) finally left Madinah forever. What a show it is?”, One day Hazrat Abu Bakr was passing that way and saw the blood soaked Bilal ”’crying out: “Ahad! He called Bilal and asked, “Oh Bilal, do you worship and bow down to the God of Muhammad?”, ‘Yes Master, I do worship Allah, the only God.”. couldn’t tolerate the fact that Islam was being spread. An Abyssinian, Bilal (RA) was kept as slave in Makkah.