Yasir ibn Amir, Father of a martyr family

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Yasir ibn Amirياسر بن عامر

Approximate dateMakkah

A Yemeni settler in Makkah, tortured to death with his wife for Islam.

Yasir came to Makkah from Yemen and stayed under the protection of the Makhzum clan, marrying Sumayyah. When the family became Muslim they had no one to defend them and were tortured in the heat. Yasir died from the torment soon after his wife.

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