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ahmad:19306 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] The first person to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali ibn Abi Talib. I mentioned this to Al-Nakha'i, and he denied it and said that Abu Bakr was the first person to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

أحمد:١٩٣٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّخَعِيِّ فَأَنْكَرَهُ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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bayhaqi:12158 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. al-Faraj al-Azraq > Abū al-Naḍr > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah a man from al-Anṣār > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] I heard Zaid ibn Arqam say that the first person to pray with the Prophet ﷺ was Ali ibn Abi Talib. I mentioned this to Ibrahim, and he denied it and said, "It was Abu Bakr."  

البيهقي:١٢١٥٨ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا أَبُو النَّضْرِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ أَخْبَرَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ