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Others have said: The first one to accept Islaam from this Ummah was Abu Bakr al-<br />
Siddeeq.<br />
The collective meaning of all these statements is: Khadeejah was the first woman to<br />
accept Islaam – and this is what is apparent from the context of all these narrations –<br />
that she accepted Islaam even before any man.<br />
The first freed slave to accept Islaam was Zaid Ibn Ḥaarithah.<br />
The first boy to accept Islaam is `<strong>Al</strong>ee Ibn Abu Ṭaalib. What is well-known is that he was<br />
little (and as al-Tirmidhee mentioned: around eight years of age) and had not reached<br />
puberty. These were the people from the Prophet’s household.<br />
I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: Ibn Abee Ḥaatim has mentioned about him in “al-Jarḥ wal-Ta`deel” (6/176), saying: It is<br />
reported from Imaam Aḥmad that he said: “he (`Uthmaan) reported “Munkar” narrations, and it is claimed that<br />
he had lost his book.”<br />
I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) think that he is `Uthmaan al-Ṭaweel, for he is from that era, and he is Jazaree. It is mentioned in<br />
“al-Lisaan”: “`Uthmaan al-Ṭaweel, from the people of al-Jazeerah, he is counted among the people of al-Buṣrah.<br />
He narrated from Anas Ibn Maalik ,رضيُاهللُعنه and perhaps he may have made mistakes. Shu`bah and Zuhair have<br />
narrated from him (i.e. they were his students). This is what Ibn Ḥibbaan had mentioned in his book “al-Thiqaat”.”<br />
It has another route from the narration of Ibn `Abbaas with the addition: “after Khadeejah.” This was reported by<br />
Ibn Sa`d in “al-Ṭabaqaat al-Kubraa” (3/21), and its chain is “Ḥasan” [TN: It was also reported by Imaam Aḥmad in<br />
his “Musnad” (3061, 3542) and al-Ḥaakim in “al-Mustadrak” (4652)]. <strong>Al</strong>-Tirmidhee in his Sunan (3734) and Ibn<br />
Jareer (2/310) reported the shorter narration.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Ṭabaraanee also reported in “al-Awaa’il” (53), from `Ulaim* al-Kindee, from Salmaan al-Faarisee رضيُ اهللُعنه , that<br />
he said: “The first person from this Ummah to reach the Prophet (ﷺ) (on the Day of Judgment) will be the first<br />
one who had accept Islaam, i.e. `<strong>Al</strong>ee Ibn Abee Ṭaalib.” <strong>Al</strong>-Haithamee said: “It was reported by al-Ṭabaraanee and<br />
its narrators are reliable.”<br />
I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: This `Ulaim* is `Ulaim Ibn Is-ḥaaq. Ibn Abee Ḥaatim (3/200) mentioned about him but did not<br />
praise him nor disparage him. So what is apparent is that Ibn Ḥibbaan mentioned him among the reliable<br />
narrators in his book “al-Thiqaat”.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Ḥaakim in “al-Mustadrak” (4662) also reported from a different route from Salaam al-Faarisee and he<br />
attributed it to the Prophet ,ﷺ with the wording: ❝The first one to reach the Hauḍh (Tank) (on the Day of<br />
Judgment) will be the one who was the first to accept Islaam: `<strong>Al</strong>ee Ibn Abee Ṭaalib❞, but in its chain is Saif Ibn<br />
Muḥammad who was accused (by Ibn Ḥajar, al-Dhahabee, and others) of lying. [Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee graded it as<br />
“Baatil” (Baseless) in al-Ḍha`eefah (6336)]<br />
[*TN: Originally, the name mentioned was Hakeem al-Kindee instead of `Ulaim al-Kindee, and some have<br />
mentioned it as `<strong>Al</strong>eem al-Kindee. The correction is from “al-Kubraa” and “al-Awaa’il” of al-Ṭabaraanee, “al-Jarḥ<br />
wal-Ta`deel” of Ibn Abee Ḥaatim, as well as from “al-Thiqaat” of Ibn Ḥibbaan. Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee himself<br />
mentioned this name in al-Ḍha`eefah (13/750). This must have happened due to printing error, and <strong>Al</strong>laah knows<br />
best.]<br />
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