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The narrators differ. Some of them believe that he traveled and remained fighting and defending.
Some others narrate that he accepted Abu Bakr's request to stay with him in Madiinah. When Abu Bakr
died and Umar succeeded him, Bilaal asked his permission and went to Syria.
Anyhow, Bilaal vowed the remaining part of his life to fight in the cause of Islam, determined to
meet Allah and His Messenger having done the best deed they love.
His melodious, welcoming, awe-inspiring voice did not call the Adhaan any more, because
whenever he uttered in his Adhaan, "I bear witness that Muhammad (PBUH) is the Messenger of Allah,"
memories would stir him, and his voice would vanish under his sadness while the tears cried out the
words.
His last Adhaan was during the days Umar, the Commander of the Faithful, when he visited Syria.
The Muslims entreated him to persuade Bilaal to call one Adhaan for them. The Commander of the
Faithful called Bilaal when it was time for Prayer and pleaded with him to make the Adhaan. Bilaal
ascended and did so. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) who were with the
Commander of the Faithful while Bilaal was calling the Adhaan wept as they never did before, and Umar
the most strongly.
Bilaal died in Syria, fighting in the cause of Allah just as he had wanted. Beneath the dust of
Damascus, today therlies the body of one of the greatest men of humankind in standing up for the creed
of Islam with conviction.