Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  Bilal ibn Rabah (بِلَال بِن رَبَاح, Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ, 580–640 CE) was one of the most trusted and loyal Sahabah (companions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was born in Mecca and is considered to have been the first mu'azzin in history, chosen by Muhammad himself. He was a former slave and was known for his voice with which he called people to their prayers. He died in 640 CE, at the age of 60 (or just over 60 in Hijri lunar years).
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  The descendants of Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi are said to have migrated to the land of Ethiopia in East Africa. The Imperial family of Mali in West Africa also claims descent from him.  Though there are some disagreements concerning the hard facts of Bilal's life and death, his importance on a number of levels is incontestable. Mu'azzins, especially those in Turkey and Africa, have traditionally venerated the original practitioner of their profession. The story of Bilal is the most frequently cited demonstration of Islam's views of measure people not by their nationality nor social status nor race, but measuring people by their Taqwah (piety). In 1874, Edward Wilmot Blyden, a former slave of African descent, wrote: "The eloquent Adzan or Call to Prayer, which to this day summons at the same hours millions of the human race to their devotions, was first uttered by a Negro, Bilal by name, whom Mohammed, in obedience to a dream, appointed the first Mu'azzin. And it has been remarked that even Alexander the Great is in Asia an unknown personage by the side of this honoured Negro."
Title: Bilal Muslim Mission
Content:  The Bilal Muslim Mission is an international Shi'a twelver organization, established in East Africa on December 25, 1964 through the efforts of Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi, Hussein Nasser Walji and other dedicated volunteers. The organization is named after Bilal ibn Ribah, the famous African Sahabi.
Title: Bilal (name)
Content: Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (c. 580 – c. 640), companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ; Bilal ibn al-Harith (? – died c. 682), one of the sahaba, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ; Cheb Bilal (born 1966) full name Bilal Mouffok, Algerian raï singer ; Bilal (American singer) (born 1979), American R&B/jazz singer ; Bilal (Lebanese singer) (born 1983), Lebanese gypsy singer ; Bilal Mansoor Ali (born 1988), Kenyan-Bahraini distance runner 
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content: H.M. Ashtiyani. Bilâl d’Afrique, le muezzin du Prophète, Montréal, Abbas Ahmad al-Bostani, la Cité du Savoir, 1999 ISBN: 2-9804196-4-8 ; İbn Sa'd. et-Tabakâtü'l-Kübrâ, Beyrut 1960, III, s. 232 ; Avnu'l-Ma'bud. Şerh Ebû Dâvud, III,185, İbn Mâce, Ezan, 1, 3 ; А. Али-заде. Билал аль-Хабаши // Исламский энциклопедический словарь. – М.: Издательский дом Ансар, 2007. — 400 с. ISBN: 5-98443-025-8 
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  When Muhammad announced his prophethood and started to preach the message of Islam, Bilal renounced idol worship, becoming one of the earliest converts to the faith.
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  Purnam Allahabadi, a Sufi poet whose works originated from the Mughal Empire, composed a Qawwali in which he mentioned how time had stopped when some companions blocked Bilal from delivering the Adhan (which he had seen in his dream), and appealed that it was incorrect. Because the companion Bilal was of an Abyssinian origin, he could not pronounce the letter "Sh" (Arabic: Shin ش ). A hadith of Muhammad reports that he said, "The 'seen' of Bilal is 'sheen' in the hearing of Allah," meaning God does not look at the external but appreciates the purity of heart.
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  Bilal rose to prominence in the Islamic community of Medina, as Muhammad appointed him minister of the Bayt al-Mal (treasury). In this capacity, Bilal distributed funds to widows, orphans, wayfarers, and others who could not support themselves.
Title: Bilal ibn Rabah
Content:  Bilal ibn Rabah was born in Mecca in the Hejaz in the year 580. His father Rabah was an Arab slave for the clan of Banu Jumah while his mother, Hamamah, was allegedly a former princess of Abyssinia who was captured after the event of the Year of the Elephant, and put into slavery. Being born into slavery, Bilal had no other option but to work for his master, Umayyah ibn Khalaf. Through hard work, Bilal became recognised as a good slave and was entrusted with the keys to the Idols of Arabia. However, racism and sociopolitical statutes of Arabia prevented Bilal from achieving a lofty position in society.
Title: Waraqah ibn Nawfal
Content:  began several years after Waraqah's death. However, Sprenger points out that Bilal, being ancestrally Abyssinian, was probably a Christian before he was a Muslim, and it is possible that Umayyah was persecuting him for this reason before 610. In that case, the story that Waraqah tried to help his co-coreligionist is likely to be true. On the other hand, there are no sources that identify Bilal as a Christian, on the contrary, he, before becoming a Muslim renounced his idol worship, hinting that Bilal was a polytheist before he converted early on to Islam. Furthermore Bilal was one of the first converts to Islam.

Question: What is the religion of Bilal ibn Ribah?
Answer: Islam.
Islamic religion.
Mohammedanism.
Muslim religion.
al-’islām.
religion of the Muslims.