Hazrat Sumayyah

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D The book, Hazrat Sumayyah ra, relates the inspiring story of Hazrat Sumayyah ra who wasone of the first peoplein Islamto die becauseof the crueltiesof the disbelievers of Makkah. She did not have any important connectionsin Makkah. Her husband,Hazrat Yaasirra, was an out-- sider while she was a slave. With no one to protect them, the familywas savagely tortured by AbuJahl and the other disbelievers. Hazrat Sumayyah ra died while she was beingtortured. She thus becamethe firstwomanto lay downher Hf e for Islam. Amongthe martyrs in Islam,HazratSumayyah ra i and her husband,Hazrat Yaasirra, are placedamong 1 V