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bayhaqi:12158Abū 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:١٢١٥٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا 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  


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ahmad:19284Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali. Amr said, "I mentioned that to Ibrahim and he denied it and said it was Abu Bakr."  

أحمد:١٩٢٨٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عَمْرٌو فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ  

ahmad:19303Ḥusayn > 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 who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali. Omar then said, and I mentioned this to Ibrahim, and he denied it and said it was Abu Bakr.  

أحمد:١٩٣٠٣حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عَمْرٌو فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَنْكَرَهُ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ  

ahmad:19306Muḥammad 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:١٩٣٠٦حَدَّثَنَا 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  

tabarani:5002Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam

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

الطبراني:٥٠٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ» فَحَدَّثْتُ بِذَلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ»