Sumayyah bint Khayyat
Sign in to saveSumeyah (; ) was the first member of the Ummah (community) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to be killed for her faith, making her the first female martyr () in Islam. Shortly afterward, her husband Yasir ibn Amir was also killed because of his conversion, becoming the first male martyr (). Her full name is given variously as Sumayya bint Khabbat or Sumayya bint Khayyat. She was the mother of Ammar ibn Yasir.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Sumaiyah
- Person.caption
- "Sumaiyah" in Arabic calligraphy
- Person.birth_date
- (72 BH)
- Person.death_date
- (7 BH)
- Person.death_place
- Mecca, Hejaz
- Person.known_for
- Being the first martyr of the Ummah (Community) of Muhammad, and a female disciple of his
- Person.spouse
- Yasir ibn Amir
- Person.children
- Ammar ibn Yasir
- Person.parents
- Khayyat (father)
- Person.relatives
- Horayth ibn Yasir, Abdullah ibn Yasir (sons or stepsons)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- companions of the Prophet
- Gender
- female
- Place of death
- Mecca
- Religion
- Islam
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- date of death
- 0615-00-00
- name in native language
- سمية بنت خياط
- domain of saint or deity
- shahid
- cause of death
- blunt trauma
- date of birth
- 0550-01-01
- killed by
- Amr ibn Hisham
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Sumayya
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Conversion to Islam
- Death
- Historical references
- See also
- References
Sumeyah (; ) was the first member of the Ummah (community) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to be killed for her faith, making her the first female martyr () in Islam. Shortly afterward, her husband Yasir ibn Amir was also killed because of his conversion, becoming the first male martyr (). Her full name is given variously as Sumayya bint Khabbat or Sumayya bint Khayyat. She was the mother of Ammar ibn Yasir.
==Early life== She was a slave of Abu Hudhayfa ibn al-Mughira, a member of the Makhzum clan in Mecca. Her master gave her in marriage to Yasir ibn Amir, who was from the Malik clan of the Madh'hij tribe in Yemen. After coming to Mecca to look for a lost brother, he had decided to settle there under Abu Hudhayfa's protection. Sumayyah gave birth to their son Ammar c.566. Yasir also had two sons, Hurayth and Abdullah,
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