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Yasir ibn Amir

ياسر بن عامر

c. 615 CE

Father of Ammar and husband of Sumayya; the whole family was tortured by the polytheists, and Yasir died under torture while the Prophet ﷺ told them 'Patience, family of Yasir — your appointed place is Paradise.'

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Roles
Companion · Martyr (as regarded)
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Identifiers
Wikidata
Review
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Life in time

525550575600625650675700 c. c. c. c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abdullah ibn Ubayy · Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Place in the story

  • Martyr (as regarded) · c. 615 CETradition
  • VictimTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

His torment in Mecca (The Sealed Nectar, p.90)

He died under torture together with his wife Sumayya. The Prophet passed by him and said: "Patience, family of Yasir, for your appointment is Paradise" 1.

Connections

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Parent of
Ammar ibn Yasir
Spouse of
Sumayya bint Khayyat
Participated in
The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims

People and things also explored

The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims· Ammar ibn Yasir· Sumayya bint Khayyat· Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)· Mecca· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts· The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.90
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims

After mockery and bargaining failed, a twenty-five-man committee of Quraysh's chiefs headed by Abu Lahab resolved to fight Islam and torture its adherents; the clanless and enslaved Muslims bore the worst — Bilal under the midday rocks, the family of Yasir, Sumayya the first martyr speared by Abu Jahl, Abu Fakiha, Khabbab, and slave women whom Abu Bakr bought and freed.