Yasir's Family

Adopted from the book : "Maytham al-Tammar" by : "Kamal al-Seyyed"

Ammar belonged to Yemen's tribes, but how did he come to Makkah?

Yasir, Ammar's father, and his two brothers al-Harith and Malik looked for their missing brother everywhere. But they did not find him. Therefore, they decided to go to Makkah to look for him. They did not find him there, too.

Al-Harith and Malik wanted to come back to Yemen, but Yasir decided to stay in Makkah to live near Allah's Holy House.

Yasir joined the tribe of Bani Makhzoom. Then he became one of its members. He married a female slave. Her name was Summayya.

Days passed. Summayya gave birth to a baby. His father named him Ammar.

Ammar

Ammar was born four years before the year of the elephant. Our Master Muhammad [s] was born in that year.

When Ammar became a young man, he made friendship with our Master Muhammad [s]. then he became his companion.

Ammar loved our Master Muhammad [s] because of his good behaviour.

Ammar was twenty-nine years old. Meanwhile our Master Muhammad [s] was twenty-five years old.

One day, while Ammar was walking with our Master Muhammad [s] between al-Safa Mount and al-Marwah Mount, Hala, Khadijah bint Khuwailid's sister came.

Hala took Ammar aside and said to him:

Ask Muhammad to marry my sister, Khadijah.

Our Master Muhammad [s] accepted her. Then the blessed marriage took place.

When Allah appointed our Master Muhammad [s] as Prophet, Ammar, his father Yasir and his mother Summayya believed in him.