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The adhan at the Ka'bah
Makkah, 8 AH, on the day the Muslims entered the city.
Makkah8 AH1 min read
Well over a decade after Bilal was dragged through the streets of Makkah for saying there was one God, the Muslims entered the city.
There was no massacre and no settling of scores; the sources describe a general amnesty. The idols in and around the Ka'bah were removed.
And when the time for prayer came, the Prophet ﷺ told Bilal to call the adhan — at the Ka'bah, in Makkah, in front of the city.
Every part of that is deliberate. The place was the centre of the old order. The city was where he had been enslaved. The man chosen to stand up and call was the one that order had treated as property.
It is one of the most quietly complete reversals in the whole period, and it was done with a voice rather than a weapon.
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Sources & review
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As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahالسيرة النبوية
Classical biography · Ibn Hisham, from the recension of Ibn Ishaq
Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabirالطبقات الكبرى
Classical biography · Ibn Sa'd
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