my household. In the Qur'an Reportedly the Qur'an implicitly mentions Abdullah ibn Salam, "Say, 'Have you considered: if the Qur'an was from Allah, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant?' Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people" (Qur'an, 46:10). Tafsir al-Jalalayn mentions in its exegesis of this verse that the "witness" in the verse refers to Abdullah ibn Salam. Promise to Abdullah Abdullah ibn Salam was the first Muslim that was promised Paradise while he was still alive. In a Hadith, it was reported that one day while Muhammad was sitting with the best of his companions, he said "Do you want to see a man walking on Earth and in Paradise?" Each one of the companions looked in silence towards Muhammad hoping he would mention their name. Muhammad pointed in the distance and the companions saw he was looking towards Abdullah ibn Salam. Death He died in 663. Non Muslim view Although some Muslim sources claim that he converted immediately after Muhammad’s arrival to Medina, non-Muslim scholars give more credence to other Muslim sources that indicate 630 as the year of Ibn Salam’s conversion. As recorded in a fragment found in the Cairo Geniza, ibn Salam was allegedly part of a group of ten Jewish elders who prepared the Quran for Muhammad and encoded a messaging condemning Muhammad within the text. This story was part of a Jewish counter-narrative to the Quran, originating as an oral story and intended to undermine the claim that Islam and the Quran had superseded Judaism. Ultimately this counter narrative proved false as the verses which allegedly encode an anti-Muhammad message do not actually appear in the Quran. See also Masa'il Abdallah ibn Salam Salaf Sahaba List of non-Arab Sahaba Sunni view of the Sahaba Jewish tribes of Arabia References Further reading External links Biography from MSA West Compendium of Muslim Texts. Sahabah hadith narrators Isra'iliyyat narrators Converts to Islam from Judaism Year of birth unknown 630s deaths Banu Qurayza