Mentioning the characteristics of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali ibn Abi Talib and mentioning his prayer before the people, and that he was the first person to pray from this nation.
ذِكْرُ خَصَائِصِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَذِكْرِ صَلَاتِهِ قَبْلَ النَّاسِ، وَأَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Specialties(view book)
Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Ḥabbah al-ʿUranī > ʿAlī
I heard ‘Ali ؓ say: I was the first man to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It was narrated that Habbah al-Urani said: I heard Ali ؓ say: I was the first who prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَبَّةَ الْعُرَنِيَّ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ «أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»
Classification
Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Ḥamzah > Zayd b. Arqam
"The first person to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was Ali."
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ
«أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيٌّ»