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Sabiqun al-Awwalun

السابقون الأولون
Definition

'The first forerunners.' The earliest Muslims — Khadija, Abu Bakr, 'Ali, Zayd ibn Haritha, and the small group who joined them in the first three years.

As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.

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