The companions رضي الله عنهم
ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir رضي الله عنه
عمار بن ياسر
A companion who helped build the mosque and learned purification without water from the Prophet ﷺ.
The Prophet ﷺ brushed the dust from him
His challenges and choices
- While the mosque was being built, he carried two bricks at a time while others carried one; the Prophet ﷺ brushed dust from him.
His standing in the sources
- After he described rolling in the earth when he needed full purification but had no water, the Prophet ﷺ demonstrated that touching the earth and wiping the face and hands would have sufficed.
Connected lives
- Sumayyah bint Khayyāṭ رضي الله عنها
Mother of ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir رضي الله عنه, from the weakest households of Makkah with no clan to protect them.
- Yāsir رضي الله عنه
Ar-Raḥīq records that Yāsir رضي الله عنه accepted Islam with his wife Sumayyah رضي الله عنها and their son ʿAmmār رضي الله عنه.
Sources and accounts
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ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir رضي الله عنه
The Prophet ﷺ brushed the dust from him
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 447While the mosque was being built, he carried two bricks at a time while others carried one; the Prophet ﷺ brushed dust from him.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 447After he described rolling in the earth when he needed full purification but had no water, the Prophet ﷺ demonstrated that touching the earth and wiping the face and hands would have sufficed.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 338Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 447; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 447; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 338
Connected accounts
Sumayyah bint Khayyāṭ رضي الله عنها — Mother of ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir رضي الله عنه, from the weakest households of Makkah with no clan to protect them.
ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī; Ibn HishāmYāsir رضي الله عنه — Ar-Raḥīq records that Yāsir رضي الله عنه accepted Islam with his wife Sumayyah رضي الله عنها and their son ʿAmmār رضي الله عنه.
ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, Persecutions, pp. 61–62 (Issam Diab translation)