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ahmad:1192Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Ḥabbah al-ʿUranī > ʿAly

I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: I was the first man to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It was narrated that Habbah al-Urani said: I heard Ali ؓ say: I was the first who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1191)   

أحمد:١١٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَليًّا يَقُولُ أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  


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ahmad:1191Yazīd > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Ḥabbah al-ʿUranī > ʿAlī

I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: I was the first man to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It was narrated that Habbah al-Urani said: I heard Ali ؓ say: I was the first who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:١١٩١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ أَنَا أَوَّلُ رَجُلٍ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

tabarani:12151Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿUthmān al-Jazarī > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The first person to embrace Islam was Ali."  

الطبراني:١٢١٥١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الْجَزَرِيِّ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»  

nasai-kubra:8332Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Ḥabbah al-ʿUranī > ʿAlī

I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: I was the first man to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It was narrated that Habbah al-Urani said: I heard Ali ؓ say: I was the first who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1191)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيَّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:8333Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] "The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ»  

nasai-kubra:8335ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Ibn Idrīs > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] "The first person to embrace Islam was Ali."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»