Tomb of Bilal ibn Rabah (Bilal, the Ethiopian)
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According to al-Suyuti, Bilal ibn Rabah's actual grave is in Bab al-Saghir in Damascus, Syria, it is also the view of most historians. However, there is another grave in the outskirts of Amman, Jordan, in a village called "Rabahiya". This grave is seen as a shrine and cenotaph built in Bilal's honor.
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References
- Qušairī, Abd-al-Karīm Ibn-H̲awāzin Al-, and Abu'l-Qasim al-Qushayri. al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufism: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya Fi 'ilm al-Tasawwuf. Trans. Alexander D. Knysh. Lebanon: Garnet & Ithaca Press, 2007. Print. ISBN 1859641865 Pg.313
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