Sunan Ibn Majah 150

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Ahmad ibn Said al-Darimi reported to us: Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr reported to us: Za’idah ibn Qudamah reported to us, from Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from Abdullah ibn Masud, who said: The first seven to proclaim their Islam were the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), Abu Bakr, Ammar and his mother Sumayyah, Suhayb, Bilal, and al-Miqdad. Allah protected the Messenger through his paternal uncle Abu Talib, and protected Abu Bakr through his people. The polytheists seized the rest, clothed them in iron coats of mail, and exposed them to the sun’s heat. Each of them yielded to what the polytheists wanted except Bilal, for he held himself of little account for Allah’s sake, and his people likewise cared little for him. They seized him and handed him over to the children, who led him around the mountain passes of Makkah while he said, ‘One, One.’