5-90 Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Isma’il narrated that Al-Bajiri quoted Muhammad ibn Harb al-Vaseti, on the authority of Yazid ibn Harun, on the authority of Abi Shoyba’, on the authority of a man from Hamedan, on the authority of his father that

Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB) said, “There are five pioneers. I am the pioneer of the Arabs. Salman Farsi is the pioneer of the Persians. Saheeb is the pioneer of the Romans. Bilal is the pioneer of the Ethiopians. And Khibab is the pioneer of the Nabataeans .”