Timing of Sahaba becoming muslims
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Among Muslim, timing of Sahaba becoming muslims is of importance. Muhammad is not a Sahaba, hence not included.
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[edit] 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 first male Muslim. Also, except for the Sahaba that merited extraordinary accomplishments, Sunni rank all Sahaba accordint to their time Timing becoming muslims [3].
[edit] List
Here is a list of the chronological order of them becoming Muslims. Sources are provided in the article of each Sahaba.
- Khadija - First woman [citation needed]
- Ali - First male by most - Shi'a in particular, second by some [1]
- Lubaba bint al-Harith - Claimed to be second woman, the same day as her close friend Khadijah [2]
- Abu Bakr - Second male and first adult man by most, first male by some [1], third male by some [3]
- Zayd ibn Harithah - First according to Watt [1], second male by some [3]
- Abu Dharr - Fourth or fifth[citation needed]
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf - among first eight persons to accept Islam, doing so two days after Abu Bakr[citation needed]
- Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud -sixth?[citation needed]
- Ammar - sixth?[citation needed]
- Sumayyah bint Khabbab - seventh[citation needed]
- Abd-al-Rahman ibn Awf - eight [4]
- Khabbab ibn al-Aratt - among first ten[citation needed]
- Asma bint Abu Bakr - about the eighteenth person [5]
- Aisha bint Abu Bakr - the twentieth or the twenty-first person [6]
- Fatimah bint al-Khattab - before Umar
- Said ibn Zayd - before Umar[citation needed]
- Umar - around the fiftieths or sixtieth or so person to do so [7], in 4 BH AH (617–618 CE)[8]
- Sa'd ibn Abi-Waqqas - "one of the first persons to accept Islam" [9]
- Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya "were among the first who converted to Islam"[citation needed]
- Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Asad "were among the first who converted to Islam"[citation needed]
- Sawda bint Zama "one of the early converts"[citation needed]
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari "one of the early converts"[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c See Identity of first male Muslim for references
- ^ http://www.themodernreligion.com/family/m-past.html
- ^ a b http://www.islamvision.org/AcceptanceofIslam.asp
- ^ http://www.islamfortoday.com/companions.htm
- ^ http://anwary-islam.com/women/m-womens_asma.htm
- ^ Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Hisham, Vol 1, Pg 227 - 234, Maktabah al-Riyadh al-hadithah, Al-Riyadh.
- ^ History of the Caliphs by Suyuti, quoting An-Nawawi:He accepted Islam very early on, after forty other men and eleven women. Some say that it was after thirty-nine men and twenty-three women, and some say, after forty-five men and eleven women. [1]
- ^ 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]
- ^ http://www.ahya.org/amm/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=109
