Death Date
Bilal died there between 638 and 642, though the exact date of death and place of burial are disputed.
The Sunni scholar al-Suyuti in his Tarikh al-khulafa wrote:
He (Bilal) died in Damascus in 17 or 18 AH, but some say 20 AH, or even 21 AH when he was just over sixty years old. Some said he died in Madinah, but that is wrong. That is how it is in al-Isabah and other works such as the Tahdhib of an-Nawawi.
Shia state that Bilal was one of Ali's devouted followers after the death of Muhammad, and that he died in Damascus around 20 AH, and was buried within Bab al-Saghir cemetery.
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