Abu Hudhaifah ibn al-Mughirah (أبو حذيفة بن المغيرة) was a
sahaba
The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...
of
Muhammad
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and the owner of
Sumayyah bint Khabbat.
Biography
Torturing his slaves
He was a chief leader from the
Makhzum
The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic proph ...
and was the owner of
Sumayyah bint Khabbat in
Mecca
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and let Summayyah marry
Yasir ibn Amir
Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy ( ar, يَاسِر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْعَنْسِيّ) (sixth/seventh century C.E.) was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second martyr in Isla ...
in 566, and they had a child named
Ammar. But when they all accepted
Islam
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in c.613, Abu Hudhaifah was very angry and teamed up with
Abu Jahl
ʿAmr ibn Hishām al-Makhzūmī ( ar, عمرو بن هشام المخزومي), (570 – 13 March 624), also known as Abu Jahl (lit. 'Father of Ignorance'), was one of the Meccan polytheist pagan leaders from the Quraysh known for his opposition ...
, another chief from that clan, to make up a plan to torture them. During a hot and sunny day, he tied them up outside and placed a big stone on top of them. Every day, Abu Jahl forced them to say bad things about
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
and say good things about their
idol gods. But they refused to say anything bad about Muhammad. One day, he let Abu Jahl kill Sumayyah with his spear. This was the first martyr in the history of Islam. At the same time, Yasir was very old. One day, Yasir was killed because of the extreme pain that they were giving him. The last one was their son, Ammar. They were giving him pain, day and night. One day, during one very big torture, Ammar accepted the idols, even though he still had a strong faith in Allah and he did not mean what he said.
Conversion to Islam
Abu Hudhaifa converted to Islam in c.630 during ''en masse'' when
Muhammad
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, along with 10,000 soldiers, took over Mecca victoriously during the
Conquest of Mecca. After that, Abu Hudhaifa became an extremely strong supporter of
Muhammad
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.
See also
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Makhzum
The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic proph ...
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Sumayyah bint Khabbat
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Yasir ibn Amir
Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsīy ( ar, يَاسِر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْعَنْسِيّ) (sixth/seventh century C.E.) was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second martyr in Isla ...
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Ammar ibn Yasir
References
Companions of the Prophet
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