Part 6: The First Women martyr – Hazrath Sumayya Bint Khayyat (r.a)
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) while passing saw the Yasir (R.a) family being tortured with great pain He (sws) said to them, "Patience O family of Yasir, Your meeting place will be paradise."
Our Women are our motivation if they knew their status in this religion of faith.
Sumayya Bint Khayyat (R.a) an immortal model of sacrifice was the first member of Islam marking the legacy of Shahadah, She has undergone numerous hardships to protect her faith in the path of Allah and her value in the Islamic World is at such a height for her choice to embrace Death rather than abandoning Islam.
Sumayya Bint khayyat (R.a) was a slave in the possession of
Abu hudaifa Bin mugeera when reached to her youth, her master had decided to
get her married. She wedded Yasir Bin Ammar (R.a), who was not a slave but poor
in wealth, He wholeheartedly accepted her as his wife. Ammar (R.a) was the
brave son born to this heroic mother.
When Quraish understood that Yasir (r.a) and family had
embraced Islam they were furious in order to make sumayya (R.a) and her family
abandon Islam. As a result these wicked Quraish Tortured threatened and
pressurized them. They were made to stand in the heat on sunny days and were
whipped mercilessly. One such occasion Sumayya (R.a) was put in a picture full
of water so that she would suffocate and could not escape. Prophet Muhammed
(PBUH) while passing saw the Yasir (R.a) family being tortured with great pain
He (sws) said to them, "Patience O family of Yasir, Your meeting place
will be paradise."
Meanwhile the bitter and cruel enemy of Islam Abu Jahal took in charge of punishing Sumayya (R.a). But less did he know that it was unbreakable Eeman facing his oppressions and he couldn't make her mind to leave her religion even after his harsh atrocity upon her and her family. And hence he decided to kill her by stabbing her with spear which if described our heart would be shaken and eyes would fill with tears.
History witnessed her sacrifice as a valiant woman who
remained steadfast and never gave up her Eeman even after experiencing the
deadliest attacks on her. This range of courage to face any atrocity in return
of a faith which has promised her to take her into Jannah is a greatest
motivation for us as Muslims who admire upon the Taqwa she had adopted on
herself. History doesn't stop with murmuring the great sacrifices of those
personalities. Rather it's time that our mothers, Sisters become the pioneer of
repeating such histories when the circumstances are demanding us to create one.
Allah honored her with Shahadah and with such great respect
that her Shahadah has been termed as the first Shahadah of Deen and will be
remained in the hearts of believers until the day of Judgment.
-Amra bint Abdul Khader
-Amra bint Abdul Khader
