ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier

عمار بن ياسر
Abū al-Yaqẓān
ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir was one of the earliest Companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. His family endured severe persecution in Mecca, and later tafsir and biographical tradition connect Qur’an 16:106 with his coercion under torture while his heart remained firm in faith. Sahih al-Bukhari preserves his work in building the Prophet’s mosque and the prophecy that a rebellious faction would kill him. He also transmitted the prophetic ruling on tayammum, served as governor of Kufa under ʿUmar, supported ʿAli during the first civil war, and was killed at Ṣiffīn in 37 AH / 657 CE.
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [16] ʿAmmār recalls the very small earliest Muslim group, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [9] Qur’an 16:106; association with ʿAmmār comes from tafsir/biographical tradition, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [9] Qur’an 16:106; association with ʿAmmār comes from tafsir/biographical tradition, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [9] Qur’an 16:106; association with ʿAmmār comes from tafsir/biographical tradition, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [7] ʿAmmār among early arrivals in Medina, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [8] Canonical Medina arrival sequence, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [12] Construction of the Prophet’s mosque, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [13] ʿAmmār carries two bricks, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [12] Rebellious faction prophecy, [23] Canonical parallel prophecy, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [22] Prophecy reported while ʿAmmār was digging, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [10] Journey without water and rolling in dust, [20] Canonical parallel, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [11] Prophetic demonstration of tayammum, [20] Canonical parallel, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [10] ʿAmmār’s tayammum report, [20] Later Companion discussion of the report, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [14] Protected from Satan through prophetic invocation, [15] Canonical parallel, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [24] Hasan praise: pure and purified, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [25] Hasan instruction to follow ʿAmmār’s guidance, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [21] ʿAmmār’s short eloquent sermon and prophetic teaching, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [2] ʿUmar appoints ʿAmmār over Kufa, [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [1] ʿAmmār acting on ʿAli’s side, [6] General biographical dossier, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [17] ʿAli sends ʿAmmār and al-Hasan to Kufa, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [18] ʿĀʾisha affirmed as Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s wife in both worlds, [27] Sahih graded parallel, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [19] ʿAmmār discusses his siding with ʿAli, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [12] Prophecy whose historical fulfillment is at Ṣiffīn, [23] Rebellious group prophecy, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [13] Canonical prophecy, [26] Sahih graded transgressing-party report, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [3] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [4] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [5] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [6] General biographical dossier, [28] Classical narrative/biographical transmission, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [6] General biographical dossier, [29] Public-domain commemorative shrine image; not independent burial evidence, [30] General biographical dossier
Sources: [2] Kufa appointment, [6] General biographical dossier, [11] Tayammum teaching, [12] Mosque work and death prophecy, [19] Ṣiffīn alignment, [30] General biographical dossier
ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir was one of the earliest Companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [16] Direct early-community recollection, [30] Biographical assessment
Sumayya bint Khayyāṭ was the mother of ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [30] Biographical assessment
Early biographical sources consistently report severe persecution of ʿAmmār and the family of Yāsir in Mecca because of their Islam.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
Muslim biographical tradition identifies Sumayya as the first martyr of Islam after she was killed during the Meccan persecution.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
Classical tafsir and biographical tradition connect Qur’an 16:106 with ʿAmmār being coerced into uttering words demanded by persecutors while his heart remained firm in faith; the verse itself does not name him.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [9] Verse permits compelled speech while the heart remains firm; ʿAmmār is not named, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
Sahih al-Bukhari places ʿAmmār among the early Companions who arrived in Medina before Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [7] Canonical early arrival, [8] Canonical parallel, [30] Biographical assessment
ʿAmmār worked prominently in the construction of the Prophet’s mosque and carried two bricks while others carried one.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [12] Mosque construction and prophecy, [13] Two-brick report, [30] Biographical assessment
Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim preserve Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s prediction that a rebellious or transgressing faction would kill ʿAmmār.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [12] Direct prophecy, [23] Canonical parallel, [26] Sahih graded parallel, [30] Biographical assessment
ʿAmmār transmitted the prophetic instruction for tayammum when water is unavailable, including wiping the face and hands after striking clean earth.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [10] Direct tayammum account, [11] Prophetic demonstration, [20] Canonical parallel, [30] Biographical assessment
Sahih al-Bukhari identifies ʿAmmār as a man whom Allah protected from Satan through the tongue of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [14] Canonical praise, [15] Canonical parallel, [30] Biographical assessment
A Hasan report in Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi records Prophet Muhammad ﷺ welcoming ʿAmmār as “the pure one, the purified.”
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [24] Hasan graded praise, [30] Biographical assessment
A Hasan report in Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi instructs Muslims to act upon the guidance of ʿAmmār.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [25] Hasan graded guidance report, [30] Biographical assessment
ʿUmar appointed ʿAmmār as governor or chief over Kufa, an appointment directly preserved in Sahih al-Bukhari.
Sources: [2] Direct Kufa appointment, [6] Biographical assessment, [30] Biographical assessment
Classical biographical tradition reports that ʿAmmār lost an ear while fighting at Yamāma.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
Historical and biographical sources report significant political tensions between ʿAmmār and the administration of Caliph ʿUthmān; individual episodes vary in transmission.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
Canonical reports establish ʿAmmār as an active supporter of ʿAli ibn Abī Ṭālib during the first civil war.
Sources: [1] ʿAmmār acts for ʿAli, [6] Biographical assessment, [19] ʿAmmār discusses his alignment, [30] Biographical assessment
While politically opposing ʿĀʾisha’s course, ʿAmmār affirmed that she was the wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in this world and the Hereafter.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [18] Direct statement, [27] Sahih graded parallel, [30] Biographical assessment
ʿAmmār was killed at Ṣiffīn in 37 AH / 657 CE while fighting on ʿAli’s side against the forces aligned with Muʿāwiya.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [12] Prophecy linked historically to Ṣiffīn, [23] Canonical prophecy, [30] Biographical assessment
Biographical sources commonly report that ʿAmmār was about ninety-three years old at Ṣiffīn, but his exact birth year is not securely established.
Sources: [3] Classical transmission, [4] Classical transmission, [5] Classical transmission, [6] Biographical assessment, [28] Classical transmission, [30] Biographical assessment
The Qur’an does not name ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir directly.
Sources: [6] Biographical assessment, [9] Verse permits compelled speech while the heart remains firm; ʿAmmār is not named, [30] Biographical assessment
Sumayya bint Khayyat
parent · established
ʿAmmār’s Meccan ordeal became a lasting Muslim example of the distinction between compelled speech and inward faith. Classical tafsir connects his experience with Qur’an 16:106 while the verse itself remains general and does not name him.
religious · established
ʿAmmār’s work on the mosque of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is directly preserved in Sahih al-Bukhari. Carrying two bricks while others carried one made his physical service to the emerging Medinan community part of canonical memory.
institutional · established
Through ʿAmmār, major hadith collections preserve Prophet Muhammad ﷺ’s practical teaching on purification with clean earth when water is unavailable. His transmission became enduring legal evidence in Islamic jurisprudence.
scholarly · established
Sahih al-Bukhari directly records ʿUmar’s appointment of ʿAmmār over Kufa. His governorship represents his participation in the institutional administration of the rapidly expanding early Muslim polity.
political · established
Canonical reports show ʿAmmār supporting ʿAli during the first civil war while simultaneously affirming ʿĀʾisha as the wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in this world and the Hereafter. His words preserve an early example of maintaining religious respect amid serious political disagreement.
social · established
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