Sayyedna Bilal — Page 21
SAYYEDNA BILAL 21 wished to lead the congregation of the prayer. The spear was one of those three sent by the King of. Abyssinia in homage to the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him). The Prophet gifted one of the three spears to Umar and kept the third one for himself. Thus Bilal had the honour of keeping the. Prophet's spear throughout his life time. . One day while the Prophet was sitting in the mosque at Medina Abdur Rehman and his brother, the sons of Abu Bakeer (one of the companions of the. Prophet) came to him and said, "O Messenger of. Allah! Our sister is of marriageable age. Please suggest some suitable match for her. The Prophet thought for a moment and then said, "why don't you marry her to Bilal?" Hearing this the young men went away quietly. A few days later they came again with the same request, and the Prophet gave the same reply. Again they left without any comment. After a few days they came for the third time with the same request. This time again the Prophet giving the same reply added, "Bilal is an inmate of. Paradise, you should marry your sister to him. " On hearing this Abdur Rehman exclaimed, "O Messenger of Allah! we gladly accept your choice, the girl will be most happy to be the life companion of a man for whom you have such unbounded regard. ". So she was married to Bilal. . Bilal took more wives after this marriage. According to Qatadah he married a lady of the tribe of. Banu Zuhra. It is also recorded that one of his wives was Hin-ul-Khulania who belonged to Yemen. Bilal had no issue from any of his wives.