Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّخَعِيِّ فَأَنْكَرَهُ وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us: Shu'bah told us, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Abu Hamzah, from Zayd ibn Arqam, who said: The first to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was Ali ibn Abi Talib. I mentioned that to al-Nakha'i, and he denied it, saying: Abu Bakr was the first to embrace Islam with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.