Yasir ibn Amir
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Contradictory Sources:العنسي
- Ammar's father, Yasir Ibn Amir Al-Ansi , left his native place in Yemen seeking a brother of his. In Makkah he found an appealing place, so he settled there and was in alliance ( = mawla = slave ?) with Abu Hudhaifah ibn al-MughirahAbu Hudhaifah ibn al-MughirahAbu Hudhaifah ibn al-Mughirah was a sahaba of Muhammad.Master of Yasir ibn Amir, Sumayyah bint Khabbab and their son Ammar ibn Yasir....
, who married him to one of his slave women, Sumayyah bint Khabbab. Out of this marriage they were granted a son, Ammar ibn YasirAmmar ibn YasirʻAmmār ibn Yāsir al-Ansi was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was one of the Muhajirun, and referred to as by Shia Muslims as one of the Four Companions....
. Their embracing of Islam was early. They had their good share of the Quraish's persecution and terror.
- Yasir was a slave to Abu Hudhaifah, so Abu Hudhaifah married him to Sumayyah and they had Ammar, and Abu Hudhaifah freed his slave. Yasir and his wife and his son were all from the earliest people to accept Islam.
- There is no mention of his death in highest Islamic sources, including: Ibn Ishaq, Al-Tabari, Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Sunan Abu Dawud.