Sumayya
Ammar ibn Yasir's motherWikipedia
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Oct 30, 2026
Talha SamiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think there are several to talk about, and they all have notable status.
Talha SamiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So, for example, the first martyr of Islam was Hazrat Sumayya, a woman, and she was a slave woman.
Talha SamiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And her son, Ammar ibn Yasir, I believe they were of Yemeni origin, so they were darker skinned than maybe some of the lighter skinned Arabs.
Talha SamiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So that brings the current understanding of racial hierarchy into display.
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But in this world they were poor and weak, among the very poor really.
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It was Yasir and his wife Sumayya and their son Ammar.
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May Allah be pleased with all of them.
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They had all embraced Islam.
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The Prophet Muhammad would pass by urging them to stay firm because he couldn't do anything else.
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Abu Jahl then turned his insults towards the Prophet Muhammad himself.
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Sumayya, the believing woman, heard him curse the Prophet Muhammad while she was in pain, being tortured, but still she couldn't take it.
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So she started answering back to Abu Jahl, her captor, her torturer.
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And so Quraysh grew scared, and Islam also began to spread among the weak, the enslaved people, those who had no family and no clan to protect them.
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So Khabbab ibn al-Arat entered Islam, and Suhaib al-Rumi, and Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, then Yasir entered Islam, and Sumayya and their son Ammar.
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Islam began to spread among these people.
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Amir ibn Fuhayrah entered Islam, and Bilal ibn Rabah entered Islam.
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But the weak, who cared about them? No one defended them.
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And so the torture fell hardest on the weak.
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The torture came down upon Bilal, upon Sumayya, and Yasir, and Ammar, and Khabbab.
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Strange kinds of torture.
Bilal BashuaibGUEST
No one can question.
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Sumayya is killed.
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No one can question.
Bilal BashuaibGUEST
Nothing's happening.