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Ammar ibn Yasir al-Makhzumi (may Allah be pleased with him) was among the very earliest converts to Islam and one of the most severely persecuted Companions in Mecca. He was the son of Yasir and Sumayya, who became the first martyrs of Islam when they were killed by their Meccan masters for refusing to renounce their faith. Ammar himself was tortured to the point where he uttered words of apparent apostasy under extreme duress, after which the Prophet ﷺ revealed that Allah had exempted those coerced with no genuine change in their hearts. He emigrated to Medina, participated in the Battle of Badr and all subsequent major campaigns, and was known for his intense devotion to the Prophet ﷺ and his courageous honesty. The Prophet ﷺ said of him: 'Ammar is filled with faith from his head to his feet.' He narrated approximately sixty-two hadiths and was killed at the Battle of Siffin around 37 AH. His narrations are found in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the Sunan collections.