Bilal ibn Rabah, the first muezzin of Islam, was originally a slave from which region before being freed by Abu Bakr Siddiq?
Q1. Bilal ibn Rabah, the first muezzin of Islam, was originally a slave from which region before being freed by Abu Bakr Siddiq?
Answer: Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Explanation: Bilal ibn Rabah was an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) slave owned by Umayyah ibn Khalaf in Makkah; Abu Bakr al-Siddiq purchased and freed him after he was tortured for embracing Islam, and the Prophet later appointed him as Islam's first muezzin.