Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ إِسْلَامَهُ سَبْعَةٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَمَّارٌ وَأُمُّهُ سُمَيَّةُ وَصُهَيْبٌ وَبِلَالٌ وَالْمِقْدَادُ فَأَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَنَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِعَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَمَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَمَنَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمِهِ وَأَمَّا سَائِرُهُمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَأَلْبَسُوهُمْ أَدْرَاعَ الْحَدِيدِ وَصَهَرُوهُمْ فِي الشَّمْسِ فَمَا مِنْهُمْ إِنْسَانٌ إِلَّا وَقَدْ وَاتَاهُمْ عَلَى مَا أَرَادُوا إِلَّا بِلَالٌ فَإِنَّهُ هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ فِي اللَّهِ وَهَانَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ فَأَعْطَوْهُ الْوِلْدَانَ وَأَخَذُوا يَطُوفُونَ بِهِ شِعَابَ مَكَّةَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Abi Bukayr told us, Za'idah told us, from Asim ibn Abi al-Najud, from Zirr, from Abdullah, who said: "The first to openly declare their Islam were seven: the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, Abu Bakr, Ammar and his mother Sumayyah, Suhayb, Bilal, and al-Miqdad. As for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, Allah protected him through his uncle Abu Talib; as for Abu Bakr, Allah protected him through his people; as for the rest, the polytheists seized them, dressed them in iron coats of mail, and roasted them in the sun, and there was not one of them but complied with what they wanted, except Bilal, for he considered himself lowly for the sake of Allah, and he was considered lowly by his people, so they gave him to the children, who took to dragging him through the ravines of Mecca while he said: 'One, One.'"