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tabarani:4653 – Abū Shuʿayb al-Ḥarrānī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ibn Shihāb

[Machine] The first person to convert to Islam was Zaid ibn Haritha.  

الطبراني:٤٦٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ»  

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hakim:4950 – Abū Jaʿfar al-Rāzī al-Baghdādī > Abū ʿUlāthah from my father > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwah

[Machine] "The first person to embrace Islam was Zaid bin Harithah."  

الحاكم:٤٩٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيُّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عُلَاثَةَ ثنا أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ

«أَنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ»  

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

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

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

«أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ»  

suyuti:4-974b – ʿAl
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السيوطي:٤-٩٧٤b –

"عَنْ عَلىٍّ قَالَ: أَسْلَم زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ مَوْلى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ ذَكَرٍ أسْلَمَ وَصَلَّى".  

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suyuti:715-53b – al-Zuhri
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السيوطي:٧١٥-٥٣b –

"عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ قَالَ: مَا عَلِمْنَا أَحَدًا أَسْلَمَ قَبْلَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ".  

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