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The first four converts to Islam were:<ref name=Razwy>{{cite book|last1=Razwy|first1=Sayed A.A.|title=A restatement of the history of Islam & Muslims : C.E. 570 to 661|date=1997|publisher=World Federation of KSI Muslin Communities|location=Stanmore, Middlesex|isbn=0950987913|url=http://www.al-islam.org/restatement-history-islam-and-muslims-sayyid-ali-ashgar-razwy/abu-bakr-first-khalifa-muslims|accessdate=31 July 2014|chapter=Abu Bakr the first Khalifa of the Muslims|quote=Abu bakr was the son of abu qahafa, and made his living as a merchant in Makkah. He accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha.}}</ref>
The first four converts to Islam were:<ref name=Razwy>{{cite book|last1=Razwy|first1=Sayed A.A.|title=A restatement of the history of Islam & Muslims : C.E. 570 to 661|date=1997|publisher=World Federation of KSI Muslin Communities|location=Stanmore, Middlesex|isbn=0950987913|url=http://www.al-islam.org/restatement-history-islam-and-muslims-sayyid-ali-ashgar-razwy/abu-bakr-first-khalifa-muslims|accessdate=31 July 2014|chapter=Abu Bakr the first Khalifa of the Muslims|quote=Abu bakr was the son of abu qahafa, and made his living as a merchant in Makkah. He accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha.}}</ref>
*[[Khadija bint Khuwaylid|Khadija]] - First Muslim and female convert.<ref>http://www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/khadija.htm</ref>
*[[Khadija bint Khuwaylid|Khadija]] - First Muslim and female convert.<ref>http://www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/khadija.htm</ref>
*[[Imam Ali]] - the first male to convert to Islam, he accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha. ''<ref name="first male">See [[Identity of first male Muslim]] for references</ref>
*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] - the first male to convert to Islam, he accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha. ''<ref name="first male">See [[Identity of first male Muslim]] for references</ref>
*[[Zayd ibn Harithah]] - One of the first three people to convert to Islam
*[[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. The first adult male to convert to Islam.
*[[Abu Bakr]] - One of the first four people to convert to Islam. ''I asked my father whether Abu Bakr was the first of the Muslims. He said, ‘No, more than fifty people embraced Islam before Abu Bakr; but he was superior to us as a Muslim.’ He also writes that Umar Bin Khattab embraced Islam after forty-five men and twenty-one women. “As for the foremost one in the matter of Islam and faith, it was Ali Bin Abi Talib.'' <ref>Tarikh e Tabari quoting Muhammad ibn Sa’ad ibn Abi Waqqas</ref>


Some other early muslims are:
Some other early muslims are:

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Among Muslims, the timing of Sahaba becoming Muslims is of importance.

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 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.

To highlight the importance that was attached, one can see the controversies regarding the identity of the first male Muslim. Also, except for the Sahaba that merited extraordinary accomplishments, Sunni rank all Sahaba according to their time.

List

Here is a list of the of them becoming Muslims. Sources are provided in the article of each Sahaba. The first four converts to Islam were:[1]

  • Khadija - First Muslim and female convert.[2]
  • Ali ibn Abi Talib - the first male to convert to Islam, he accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha. [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. The first adult male to convert to Islam.

Some other early muslims are:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Razwy, Sayed A.A. (1997). "Abu Bakr the first Khalifa of the Muslims". A restatement of the history of Islam & Muslims : C.E. 570 to 661. Stanmore, Middlesex: World Federation of KSI Muslin Communities. ISBN 0950987913. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Abu bakr was the son of abu qahafa, and made his living as a merchant in Makkah. He accepted Islam after Khadija, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Zayd bin Haritha.
  2. ^ http://www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/khadija.htm
  3. ^ See Identity of first male Muslim for references
  4. ^ Al-Isabah [vol 8 ./189-190] with additional details taken from 'at-Tabaqat al-Kubra Volume 8 pg 193. [1]
  5. ^ Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas (radhi allahu anhu)
  6. ^ Marriage to a 'past': Parents should not reject a proposal without a good reasons - and being a revert with a past is not an acceptable one
  7. ^ Asma bint-Abu-Bakr
  8. ^ History of the Caliphs by Suyuti, quoting al-Dhahabi: He accepted Islam in the sixth year of prophecy when he was twenty-seven years old.[2]

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