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to Bilal, tell him what you heard and tell him to call it." When
'Umar heard the Adhan he came to Prophet Muhammad sS and
said, "I have seen a dream like this." Prophet Muhammad jg said
[to him], "Al Hamdulillah."151 Ringing bells and lighting fires can-
not compare with the impact of a human voice announcing the
great and significant principles of Al-Islam five times daily.

After the Muslims' conquest of Makkah, Prophet Muhammad
ig told Bilal to climb to the top of the Ka'bah, the Sacred House of
the Muslims, and call the people to prayer. With calm reigning, he
said in effect, "Bilal, tell the world, tell this nation that has been
brought from chaos and turmoil into tranquility and peace that
Allah is the Greatest." And Bilal climbed on top of our honored
Kab'ah and cried out, "Allah is the Greatest. Come to prayer,
come to success." Bilal thereafter gave the Call to Prayer. Thus he
became the first Mu'adhdhin (Caller who summons to prayer) in
Al-Islam. It should be noted that Prophet Muhammad 38 also
designated 'Abdullah ibn umm Maktum, who was blind, and Abu
Muhdhurah as the second and third Mu'adhdhins in Al-Islam.