
From the life of Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra) bin Auf
Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra) bin Auf had accepted Islam after being preached by Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) even before the Holy Prophet (sa) established Dar-e-Arqam as the centre of Islam. Hazrat Abdur Rahman (ra) bin Auf took part in both migrations to Abyssinia.
(Roshan Sitarey az Ghulam Bari Saif, pp. 103-104) (al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 92, Abdur Rahman bin Auf, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut)