Edi Would you be kind enough to clarify what you meant by this? " Contrary to what Dave has just posted, The Prophet have done some effort in finding him a wife................" NB: am no authority on either Bilal or Islam for that matter. All I did was carry out a research and also made enquiries to friends and family who happened to be much more knowledgeable of the Bilal issue in particular and Islam in general. I am sure you can appreciate that I was not around during his life time, so if any of the history/info I have supplied on him is wrong, then I seek your and everyone's forgiveness and I hope Bilal would be able to forgive me too. If you would like to read more on his life and then may be have better knowledge to enable you to discuss his life with colleagues then I would urge you to try this link. It's a heavy read but it would be worth it if you can find the time to read it. Regards Manneh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~