Imagine the first Muslims, but amongst the Jinn. Who were the first converts amongst them, and how did that happen? When did Allah send them? And what was the connection of the Jinn Muslims to the rejectors of Ta’if...
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Addas (ra) of Ta’if: The Brother of Yunus (as) | The Firsts
As the Prophet ﷺ lay battered and beaten in the garden after Ta’if, Allah sent him this one special slave who would be the only known human convert on the worst day of the Prophet ﷺ’s life. This episode of The Firsts is...
The Prophet ﷺ’s Bodyguard: Mughira ibn Shu‘ba (ra) | The Firsts
A noble leader with a striking presence, he initially resisted the call of Islam and was a chief He came to Islam after a severely checkered past, but never let his flaws stop him from assuming his place in the presence...
Urwa ibn Masud (ra): The Chief Who Resembled Isa (as) | The Firsts
A noble leader with a striking presence, he initially resisted the call of Islam and was a chief negotiator from Quraysh to the Prophet ﷺ in Hudaybiyyah. But when Islam entered his heart, he sought to lead his people to...
The Most Honored Man By The Prophet ﷺ: Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (ra) | The Firsts
If you saw him in Madinah, you would be taken aback by how he was honored by the Prophet ﷺ and the companions like no other human being, and if you heard him speak then you would know he was special. The last uncle of...
When Allah Guided the Children of Abu Lahab | The Firsts
The only enemy of the Prophet ﷺ mentioned by name in the Qur’an, yet his own children became Muslim and would read about their father’s punishment. The incredible story of the believing children of the Prophet ﷺ’s...
Hakim ibn Hizam (ra): When Money Stops Mattering | The Firsts
The nephew of Khadijah (ra) and a core figure in the decade prior to the Prophet ﷺ receiving revelation. He held out on Islam because of his worldly focus, yet eventually embraced Islam and a new focus on the hereafter...
Mothers of the Prophet ﷺ: Amina and Halima al-Sa’diyya | The Firsts
The Prophet ﷺ spent some of his earliest years with his foster mother Halima al-Sa’diyya (ra), and never forgot the love she nurtured him with. What was it like to find her again in his final years of life? The Firsts...
The Prophet ﷺ’s Brother: Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (ra) | The Firsts
He was the first cousin of the Prophet ﷺ, and his brother in that he was nursed by the same woman. He was one of the closest and most beloved people to him. When Islam came, he turned his back on the Prophet ﷺ and...
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (ra): Forgiving the Enemy | The Firsts
For two decades he was a chief antagonist of the Prophet ﷺ, only to be forgiven and given a position of leadership for the sake of the greater cause. The Firsts is a weekly video series that chronicles the lives of the...
Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl (ra): The Pious Son of Pharoah | The Firsts
He was the son of the Pharoah of this Ummah who fought the Prophet ﷺ and his companions even up until the opening of Makkah. But through a journey of many twists and turns, came back to the Prophet ﷺ as one of his most...
Amr ibn al-As (ra): The Conqueror of Egypt | The Firsts
From his moments of opposing the Prophet ﷺ in practically every battle of Islam, and his seeking to remove the one place of refuge for the Muslims in Abyssinia, Amr (ra) doesn’t just turn a corner and embrace Islam, but...
