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layout: post
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
title: "Noah was the first messenger"
source: "Fatawa Nur 'Ala al-Darb vol 1"
mp3: https://files.zadapps.info/binbaz.org.sa/fatawa/nour_3la_aldarb/nour_596/59630.mp3
hijri: "Rabi' Al-Awwal 22, 1442"
date: 2020-11-08
lang: en
active: audios
note: false
locale: en
active: audios
category: [fatwas,audios,prophets]
url: "https://binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/16763/%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A1"
excerpt: "Nuh was the first Messenger to be sent when Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship, polytheism) appeared among the people."
muftis:
  shaykh: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
---

### Question: 
A questioner asks: Who was the first Prophet: Idris (Enoch) or Nuh (Noah) (peace be 
upon them)? 

### Answer: 
Nuh was the first Prophet to be sent when Shirk (associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) appeared among the people. Before him was Adam (peace be upon him) who was the first  Prophet and Messenger and his descendants followed Islam for ten centuries. Then, when Shirk appeared, Allah sent Nuh to his people. Therefore, Nuh was the first Messenger sent to his people who had fallen into Shirk.