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*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] - First male in Muhammad's family to convert.<ref name="Tabari">{{cite book|author=Tabari|title=Tarikh e Tabari|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.361121|quote=I (Muhammad ibn Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas) asked my father whether Abu Bakr was the first of the Muslims. He said, 'No, more than fifty people embraced Islam before Abu Bakr; but he was superior to us as a Muslim. He also writes that Umar Bin Khattab embraced Islam after forty-five men and twenty-one women. As for the foremost one in the matter of Islam and faith, it was Ali Bin Abi Talib.'}}</ref>
*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] - First male in Muhammad's family to convert.<ref name="Tabari">{{cite book|author=Tabari|title=Tarikh e Tabari|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.361121|quote=I (Muhammad ibn Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas) asked my father whether Abu Bakr was the first of the Muslims. He said, 'No, more than fifty people embraced Islam before Abu Bakr; but he was superior to us as a Muslim. He also writes that Umar Bin Khattab embraced Islam after forty-five men and twenty-one women. As for the foremost one in the matter of Islam and faith, it was Ali Bin Abi Talib.'}}</ref>
*[[Zayd ibn Harithah]] - One of three males, besides Abu Bakr and Ali, to convert, as well as the first slave.
*[[Zayd ibn Harithah]] - One of three males, besides Abu Bakr and Ali, to convert, as well as the first slave.
*[[Abu Bakr]] - First male to convert.<ref name="Tabari"/>
*[[Abu Bakr]]
*[[Uthman]] - Fourth male convert, after Ali, Abu Bakr, and Zayd.
*[[Uthman]] - Fourth male convert, after Ali, Abu Bakr, and Zayd.



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Among Muslims, the timing of Sahabah becoming Muslims is of importance.

Introduction

Early companion converts heard rumours of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's open discussions with the tribal leaders, critiquing their society, requesting a collective reorientation of society based on a new tawheedi worldview.

Also, except for the Sahabah that merited extraordinary accomplishments, Sunni rank all Sahabah according to their time.

First

The first converts to Islam at the time of Muhammad were:[1]

Others

Some other early converts were:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Razwy, Sayed A.A. (1997). "Abu Bakr the first Khalifa of the Muslims". A restatement of the history of Islam & Muslims : C.E. 570 to 661. Stanmore, Middlesex: World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities. ISBN 0950987913. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Abu bakr was the son of abu qahafa, and made his living as a merchant in Makkah. He accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha.
  2. ^ "Khadijah, Daughter of Khuwaylid, Wife of Prophet Muhammad". Al-Islam.org.
  3. ^ a b Tabari. Tarikh e Tabari. I (Muhammad ibn Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas) asked my father whether Abu Bakr was the first of the Muslims. He said, 'No, more than fifty people embraced Islam before Abu Bakr; but he was superior to us as a Muslim. He also writes that Umar Bin Khattab embraced Islam after forty-five men and twenty-one women. As for the foremost one in the matter of Islam and faith, it was Ali Bin Abi Talib.'
  4. ^ Al-Isabah [vol 8 ./189-190] with additional details taken from 'at-Tabaqat al-Kubra Volume 8 pg 193. [1][permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas (radhi allahu anhu) Archived 2005-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Marriage to a 'past': Parents should not reject a proporal without a good reasons - and being a convert with a past is not an acceptable one". themodernreligion.com.
  7. ^ Asma bint-Abu-Bakr Archived 2006-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Suyuti. "Umar". History of the Caliphs. quoting al-Dhahabi: 'He (Umar) accepted Islam in the sixth year of prophecy when he was twenty-seven years old.'