Timing of Sahabah becoming Muslims
Among Muslims, the timing of Sahabah becoming Muslims is of importance.
Contents
Introduction
After the Muslim conquests began, a Muslim's standing in the Islamic state depended on his services to the community, and especially on the length of time he had been a member of the community. Early converts (who had faced persecution along with Muhammad) had a much higher status than later converts (who may have joined only after there were worldly reasons to do so). The first male convert may thus be presumed to have a special status. This importance that was attached is highlighted in the controversies regarding the identity of the first male Muslim. Also, except for the Sahabah that merited extraordinary accomplishments, Sunni rank all Sahabah according to their time.
List
The first four converts to Islam were:[1] (Sources are provided in the article of each Sahabah.)
- Khadija - First Muslim and first female convert.[2]
- Ali ibn Abi Talib - First male to convert to Islam, he accepted Islam after Khadija.[3]
- Zayd ibn Harithah - One of the first three people to convert to Islam
- Abu Bakr - One of the first four people to convert to Islam. [4][not in citation given]
Some other early muslims are:
- Yasir ibn Amir - One of the early converts to Islam was also the second martyr of Islam[1]
- Ammar ibn Yasir - One of the early converts to Islam
- Sumayyah bint Khabbab - Seventh person to convert to Islam[5] was the first martyr of Islam[1]
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari - One of the early converts
- Sa'd ibn Abi-Waqqas - One of the first people to accept Islam[6]
- Lubaba bint al-Harith - Second woman to convert to Islam[7]
- Bilal ibn Ribah - One of the early converts to Islam
- Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud - One of the early converts to Islam
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib - One of the early convert to Islam
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf - Among the first people to accept Islam
- Uthman ibn Affan - One of the early converts to Islam
- Zubayr ibn al-Awwam - One of the early converts to Islam
- Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah - One of the early converts to Islam
- Khalid ibn Sa`id - One of the early converts to Islam
- Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah - One of the early converts to Islam
- Khabbab ibn al-Aratt - One of the early converts to Islam
- Said ibn Zayd - Converted to Islam before Umar
- Fatimah bint al-Khattab - Converted to Islam before Umar
- Abu-Hudhayfah ibn Utbah - One of the early converts to Islam
- Mus`ab ibn `Umair - One of the early converts to Islam
- Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib - Converted to Islam in 616 A.Ds
- Asma bint Abu Bakr - About the eighteenth person to convert to Islam[8]
- Umar - around the fiftieth or sixtieth or so person to convert to Islam, and he did so during 4 BH (617–618 CE)[9][4]
- Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya - Among the first people to convert to Islam
- Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Asad - Among the first people to convert to Islam
- Sawda bint Zama - One of the early converts to Islam
See also
References
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- ↑ See Identity of first male Muslim for references
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- ↑ Al-Isabah [vol 8 ./189-190] with additional details taken from 'at-Tabaqat al-Kubra Volume 8 pg 193. [1]
- ↑ Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas (radhi allahu anhu)
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- ↑ Asma bint-Abu-Bakr
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