This person wrote the poetic phrase "if God had not protected me, [the] hyena would have stood on my limbs" about refusing to make an oath of allegiance, or bay'ah, to a human ruler.
This person wrote the poetic phrase "if God had not protected me, [the] hyena would have stood on my limbs" about refusing to make an oath of allegiance, or bay'ah, to a human ruler. The hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari relates an incident in which this person used a garment to collect the rings and necklaces of alms-giving women, and quotes this person on the relative location of pillars within the Ka'aba. Despite being tortured by lying on hot sand and getting a heavy rock put on his chest, this person kept saying "Ahad! Ahad!", affirming the oneness of God. The (*) Iqama was originally entrusted to this man. Umayyah ibn Khattaf once owned this slave of Ethiopian ancestry, who was freed by Abu Bakr, in part due to his beautiful voice. For 10 points, name this companion of Muhammad who in his role as muezzin was the first to issue the call to prayer.
This person wrote the poetic phrase "if God had not protected me, [the] hyena would have stood on my limbs" about refusing to make an oath of allegiance, or bay'ah, to a human ruler.
Bilal ibn Rabah