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The First Believers

Those who accepted Islam in its earliest, secret years in Makkah, beginning with Khadija RA, Abu Bakr RA, Ali RA and Zayd ibn Harithah RA.

Original text & sources

  • Sirat Ibn Ishaq

    “These were the first eight men to accept Islam and prayed and believed in the divine inspiration of the apostle.”

    Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (Guillaume), "The companions who accepted Islam at the invitation of Abu Bakr": Uthman, al-Zubayr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and Talha, after Khadijah, Ali, Zayd and Abu Bakr.

  • Sirat Ibn Ishaq

    “After them came: Abu 'Ubayda b. al-Jarrah ... Abu Salama ... Al-Arqam b. Abu'l-Arqam ... 'Uthman b. Maz'un ... 'Ubayda b. al-Harith ... Sa'id b. Zayd ... and his wife Fatima d. al-Khattab ... Asma' d. Abu Bakr ... Khabbab b. al-Aratt ...”

    Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (Guillaume). The list continues with Ibn Mas'ud, Ayyash, Khunays, Amir ibn Rabi'a, Abdullah ibn Jahsh, Ja'far and Asma bint Umays, Nu'aym al-Nahham, Amir ibn Fuhayra, Khalid ibn Sa'id, Abu Hudhayfa, Ammar and Suhayb.

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  1. Khadija bint Khuwaylid RA
    CompanionQuraysh
    The first to believe
  2. Abu Bakr RA
    Companion
  3. Ali ibn Abi Talib RA
    Companion
  4. Zayd ibn Harithah RA
    Companion
  5. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf RA
    Companion
    Accepted Islam through Abu Bakr RA
  6. Abdullah ibn Jahsh RA
    Companion
  7. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud RA
    Companion
  8. Abdullah ibn Yasir RA
    Companion
  9. Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah RA
    Companion
  10. Abu Salama RA
    CompanionBanu Makhzum
  11. Abu Ubaydah Amir ibn al-Jarrah RA
    Companion
  12. Al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam RA
    CompanionBanu Makhzum
  13. al-Miqdad RA
    Companion
  14. Amir ibn Fuhayra RA
    Companion
  15. Amir ibn Rabi'ah RA
    Companion
  16. Ammar ibn Yasir RA
    Companion
  17. Asma bint Abi Bakr RA
    Dhat al-Nitaqayn (She of the Two Belts)
    Companion
  18. Asma bint Umays RA
    Companion
  19. Ayyash ibn Abi Rabi'ah RA
    Companion
  20. Bilal ibn Rabah RA
    Companion
  21. Fatima bint al-Khattab RA
    Companion
  22. Ja'far ibn Abi Talib RA
    Companion
  23. Khabbab ibn al-Aratt RA
    Companion
  24. Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As RA
    CompanionQuraysh
  25. Khunays ibn Hudhafah RA
    Companion
  26. Nu'aym ibn Abdillah al-Nahham RA
    Companion
  27. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas RA
    Companion
    Accepted Islam through Abu Bakr RA
  28. Sa'id ibn Zayd RA
    Companion
  29. Suhayb al-Rumi RA
    Companion
  30. Sumayyah RA
    Companion
  31. Talha ibn Ubaydillah RA
    Companion
    Accepted Islam through Abu Bakr RA
  32. Ubaydah ibn al-Harith RA
    Companion
  33. Uthman ibn Affan RA
    CompanionBanu Abd Shams
    Accepted Islam through Abu Bakr RA
  34. Uthman ibn Maz'un RA
    Companion
  35. Yasir RA
    Companion
  36. Zubayr ibn al-Awwam RA
    Companion
    Accepted Islam through Abu Bakr RA