Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3735

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ، يَقُولُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ عَلِيٌّ ‏.‏ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ فَأَنْكَرَهُ وَقَالَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو حَمْزَةَ اسْمُهُ طَلْحَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, from Shu‘bah, from ‘Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu Hamzah, a man from the Ansar, who said: I heard Zayd ibn Arqam say, ‘The first to accept Islam was ‘Ali.’ ‘Amr ibn Murrah said: I mentioned that to Ibrahim al-Nakha‘i, and he rejected it, saying, ‘The first to accept Islam was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.’ Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Abu Hamzah’s name is Talhah ibn Yazid.