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[Machine] I heard Zaid bin Arqam saying, "The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali." And he said in another place, "Ali was the first to convert to Islam."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٣٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ» وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ «أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»  


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[Machine] I heard Zaid ibn Arqam saying, "The first person who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said in another place, 'The first person who embraced Islam was Ali.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٨١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ