Sumayya

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. It is said both that Abu Hudhayfa died "before Islam" and that he was "one of those who mocked the Prophet". ==Conversion to Islam==

According to one tradition, Sumayyah was one of the first seven "to display Islam", the other six being Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Bilal, Khabbab, Suhayb and her son Ammar. but Hurayth had been killed by the Dil clan before 610. On one occasion she was put inside a pitcher full of water and lifted so that she could not escape. She, Yasir and Ammar were also forced to stand in the sun in the heat of the day dressed in mail-coats. Although described as "a very old and frail woman", Sumayyah remained steadfast and refused to abandon Islam. ==Death==

One evening, Amr ibn Hisham (commonly known as Abu Jahl), a chief of the Makhzum clan and a persistent enemy of the early Muslims, began to torture and verbally abuse Sumayyah and Yasir in front of a large crowd, pressuring them to recant their faith. When they refused and continued to praise Allah, he escalated the torture until they were near death. Abu Jahl then taunted Sumayyah, saying, "You are probably waiting for Yasir to die so you can marry Muhammad." Despite being barely conscious and severely wounded, she replied: "You are smaller in my eyes than a beetle on the ground I would [accidentally] step on." ==Historical references==

The earliest reference to the murder of Sumayya is found in Ibn Ishaq's (died 761) biography of Muhammad, Sirat Rasul Allah ("Biography of the Messenger of God"). Her name Sumayyah is not explicitly mentioned in Ibn Ishaq; it is a deduction from the reference to her son as Ammar "son of" Sumayya. However, she is named as Sumayyah in the accounts of Ibn Saad and Tabari. ==See also==