1 of 3 · c. 610-615 CE · early Makkah · Makkah, the valley of the Banu Makhzum
'Ammar ibn Yasir رضي الله عنه
The Family of Yasir
Yasir came from Yemen and settled in Makkah as an ally of the Banu Makhzum, where he married Sumayyah, a freed woman, and they had a son, 'Ammar. They became Muslims in the first days of Islam. Ibn Mas'ud counted Sumayyah and 'Ammar among the first seven to announce their Islam openly (Sunan Ibn Majah 150).
They had no clan to protect them, and the Quraysh tortured them in the heat of Makkah. The Prophet ﷺ would pass by them, and the reports say that he told them to be patient, for their promised place was Paradise.
Sumayyah died under the torture, and Yasir too. They are remembered as the first martyrs of Islam. For 'Ammar, who survived, the loss was lasting.
Those with the least worldly protection were often the firmest in faith.
What would you hold to if no one stood behind you?
- Sunan Ibn Majah 150Graded by Al-Albani: Hasan Sahih · Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Hasan · Shuaib Al Arnaut: Hasan · Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad HasanSahih
- Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah al-NabawiyyahHistorical report
- Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-KubraHistorical report
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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