- Almighty Allah first created the Noor of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) from His Noor.
- The first adult free male to accept Islam was Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique
(radi Allahu anhu); the first woman was Hazrat Khadija (radi Allahu anha); amongst the children, Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu);
among the freed slaves, Hazrat Zaid Bin Haarith (radi Allahu anhu); and amongst the slaves was Hazrat Bilal (radi Allahu
anhu).
- The first wife of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
was Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra (radi Allahu anha).
- Hazrat Khadija (radi Allahu anha) was the first of the Holy Prophet's
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) wives to pass away.
- Hazrat Qaasim (radi Allahu anhu) was the first of the Holy Prophet's
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) children to be born. He passed away in his infancy.
- Hazrat Khadija (radi Allahu anha) was the first person to read Namaaz
amongst the Ummah of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The home of Hazrat Abu Ayub Ansaari (radi Allahu anhu) was the first place
where the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stayed in Madina Shareef.
- The first verse of the Holy Quran to be revealed was Iqra Bi Ismi
Rabbikal Lazi Khalaq. This took place on Friday, 27th of Ramadaan on the night of Qadr thirteen and a half years before Hijra,
coinciding with the 14th of August 610 A.C. in the cave of Hira.
- Hazrat Jibraeel (alaihis salaam) gave the first Azaan in the skies.
- The first Azaan on earth was given by Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam).
- Hazrat Bilal (radi Allahu anhu) gave the first Azaan in the year 1 A.H.
to announce the Namaaz of Fajr.
- The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) performed the first Jummah
Salaah in Madina Munawwarah on the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal.
- The first Hajj became Fardh in the year 9 A.H.
- The first Fardh fast was that of Ashurah (10th Muharram). This was then
nullified and the fasting on the 13th, 14th and 15th of every lunar month became Fardh. This was also nullified, and on the 10th of
Shawaal in 2 A.H., fasting for the entire month of Ramadaan was made Fardh and the remainder of the fasts was made Nafil
(optional).
- The first Muslims migrated towards Abyssinia.
- The first battle to take place was the Ghazwa Abwaa.
- The first Sadqa was given by Hazrat Adi bin Haatim (radi Allahu anhu) on
behalf of his people.
- The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) established the first
madrassah (Suffah) in Musjid-e-Nabawi.
- The first person sent to spread Islam under the instructions of the Holy
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was Hazrat Mus'ab bin Umair (radi Allahu anhu), who was sent to Madinah.
- The first person to be appointed a teacher in the madrassah was Hazrat
Mus'ab bin Umair (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first Mosque to be built was Musjid-e-Quba, which the Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) built himself. After the Holy Kaaba, the Musjid-e-Nabawi and the Musjid-e-Aqsa, the most excellence is
given to Musjid-e-Quba. Two rakaats of Salaah in this Musjid is equivalent to the Sawaab of one Umrah.
- Sayyiduna Ameer Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) constructed the first
Minaret built for the purpose of Azaan.
- The first Mehraab for Imaamat was built by Sayyiduna Umar bin Abdul Aziz
(radi Allahu anhu).
- Hazrat Tameem Daari (radi Allahu anhu) was the first person who sent his
slave, Fateh, to light a candle in Musjid-e-Nabawi. Due to this act, the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) changed his name to Siraaj.
- The first Shaheed (Martyr) was Sayyiduna Amaar bin Yaasir (radi Allahu
anhu).
- The first female to be made Shaheed was the mother of Sayyiduna Amaar bin
Yaasir (radi Allahu anhu). Her name was Sayyidah Summaya (radi Allahu anha).
- The first person to be martyred in the Battle of Badr was the freed slave
of Hazrat Umar (radi Allahu anhu), whose name was Muhajjah (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first person to make Ijtihaad was Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddique (radi
Allahu anhu).
- Hazrat Abu Zirr Ghaffari (radi Allahu anhu) is known as the first
Dervish.
- Hazrat Abdullah ibn Maz'oom (radi Allahu anhu) was the first person to be
buried in Jannatul Baqi. The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) buried him here in the year 2 A.H.
- Hazrat Umar (radi Allahu anhu) was the first person to perform Janazah
Salaah in Jamaat with four Takbeers.
- The first person to start writing the Muslim calendar was Sayyiduna Umar
(radi Allahu anhu).
- Sayyiduna Sa'ad ibnil Waq'qaas (radi Allahu anhu) was the first person to
fire an arrow towards the Kuffar.
- The first person to become murtad (out of the folds of Islam) was either
Muqees bin Khubaaba or Ubaidullah bin Jahash.
- The first false claimant of Prophethood was Musailma Kazzab who claimed
Prophethood in the time of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- A person called Abdullah Chakraalwi from Miyanwaali, Punjab, Pakistan was
the first person to openly reject the Ahadith?e?Mustapha (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The first translation of the Holy Quran was in Persian. Sayyiduna Sheikh
Saadi Shiraazi (radi Allahu anhu) accomplished it.
- The first Urdu translation of the Holy Quran was made in the year 1774 by
Shah Rafi'ud'deen (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first mountain to be created on earth was Mount Bu Qubais, which is
near the Holy Kaaba. After the great flood, the Hajr?e?Aswad remained protected within this mountain, and the splitting of the
moon took place on this very mountain.
- The first physical human to be created is Sayyiduna Adam (alaihis
salaam).
- Man first descended on earth in India.
- The first Rasool to be sent towards the Kuffaar was Hazrat Nooh (alaihis
salaam).
- The first idol worshipping took place in the time of Hazrat Nooh (alaihis
salaam).
- The first murder on earth took place when Hazrat Adam's (alaihis salaam)
son, Qaabil, killed his brother Haabil.
- The first person to be put into Hell will be Qaabil.
- In the Ummah of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), the first
person to enter Jannah will be Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first person to awake from his grave on the Day of Qiyamah will be
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The first person to be clothed on the Day of Qiyamah will be Hazrat
Ibrahim (alaihis salaam).
- Sayyiduna Jibraeel (alaihis salaam) will be the first person to be
questioned on the Day of Qiyamah.
- The first person to be brought back to life on the day of Qiyamah will be
Hazrat Israfeel (alaihis salaam).
- From amongst the animals, the first animal to be brought back to life
will be the Buraaq of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The first person to intercede on the Day of Qiyamah will be the Holy
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The first person to enter Jannah will be the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam).
- The first meal in Jannah will be fish liver.
- The Angels did the first construction of the Holy Kaaba.
- The first person to place a Ghilaaf (Cloth) on the Holy Kaaba was a
person called Asad who was the King of Yemen.
- The first Arab woman to place a silk cloth over the Holy Kaaba was
Nateela, who was the mother of Hazrat Abbas ibn Abdul Mutallib (radi Allahu anhuma)
- Hazrat Idrees (alaihis salaam) used the first pen.
- Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) was the first person to circumcise
himself and his son.
- The first persons hair to turn white in colour was that of Hazrat Ibrahim
(alaihis salaam).
- Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) was the first person to wear a sewn
trouser.
- Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) was the first person to build a Mimbar
(Pulpit) and to deliver a sermon from it.
- The first person to make Muaaniqa (embrace shoulder to shoulder) was
Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam).
- Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis salaam) was the first person to hold an Aasa
(Staff).
- Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) made the first Salaam to the Angels.
- The Angels made the first Sajda-e-Tazeem or Sajda of Respect to Hazrat
Adam (alaihis salaam). (N.B.: Sajda-e-Tazeem is Haraam for the Ummah of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
- The first person to make Gustakh-e-Nabi (Insultor of a Prophet sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) was Shaitaan.
- The first person to say Subhaan-Allah was Hazrat Jibraeel (alaihis
salaam) when he saw the beauty of the Arsh.
- The first person to say Alhumdulillah was Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam)
when the soul was put into him.
- The first person to say La ilaha Ilal laah was Hazrat Nooh (alaihis
salaam) when he saw the Great Flood.
- The first person to say Allahu Akbar was Hazrat Ibrahim (alaihis
salaam) when he saw the ram in place of Hazrat Ismaeel (alaihis salaam).
- The first Namaaz of Eid-ul-Fitr was performed in the year 2 A.H. in
Madinatul Munawwarah.
- Hazrat Buraida Aslami (radi Allahu anhu) planted the first Flag of Islam.
- The first battle fought for the protection of Islam was the Battle of Badr in Ramadaan 2 A.H.
- Sayyiduna Zubair bin Aw'waam (radi Allahu anhu) was the fist person to
draw his sword for Islam.
- Sayyiduna Haarith bin Abi Haalah (radi Allahu anhu) was the first Sahabi
to give his life for Islam in Makkah.
- The first enemy of Islam to be killed in the battle of Badr was Utbah bin
Rabi.
- The first Namaaz-e-Janazah performed by Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) was that of Asad bin Zaraara (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first Namaaz to be made Fardh was Tahajjud Namaaz, which was later
made Nafil.
- The first time that four Rakaat Namaaz was read was after the Hijrat in
Madinah.
- The first person to recite the Holy Quran aloud after the Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) in Makkah was Hazrat Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first Ibaadat on earth was Tauba (repentance).
- The first person to have the Ghilaaf of the Kaaba embroided with verses
of the Holy Quran was Sultan Hassan of Egypt in 761 A.H.
- The first person to be called "Ameerul Mo'mineen" was Hazrat Umar (radi
Allahu anhu).
- The first Mujaddid of Islam is Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz (radi Allahu
anhu).
- Hazrat Sayyiduna Abu Yusuf (radi Allahu anhu) was the first Muslim
Qaazi-ul-Qazah (Chief Justice) in the time of Haroon Rasheed.
- Sayyiduna Sa'ad ibn Abil Waqqas (radi Allahu anhu) was the first Sahabi
to be a conqueror.
- The first Hafizul Quraan in the Ummah was Hazrat Uthman-e-Ghani (radi
Allahu anhu).
- The first Namaaz to be performed openly in the Kaaba was after Hazrat
Umar (radi Allahu anhu) accepted Islam.
- Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) was the first person to start Salaatul
Taraweeh in Jamaat.
- The first Khalifa (Caliph) of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) was Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddique (radi Allahu anhu).
- The first stanzas of Naath (Poetry in Praise of the Prophet - sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) were written by Tub'bah, the King of Yemen, one thousand years before the Birth of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam). He had also written a Will in which he left instructions that when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) is born, then these verses of praise should be presented to him.
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