RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sumayyah bint Khabbat

550 - 615

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Sumeyah (Arabic: سُمَيَّة; c. 550–615), was the first member of the Umma (community) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to become a shahida (martyr), shortly before her husband Yasir ibn Amir was also martyred for his conversion to Islam. Her full name is said to be Sumayya bint Khabbat or Sumayya bint Khayyat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sumayyah bint Khabbat has received more than 369,331 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sumayyah bint Khabbat is the 437th most popular religious figure (up from 544th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 70th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Sumayyah bint Khabbab is most famous for being the first Muslim woman to die as a martyr. She was killed by the Quraysh tribe in 624 AD.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 437 out of 3,187. Before her are Dionysius Exiguus, Eber, Pope John V, Pope Leo II, Abdullah ibn Masud, and Pope Valentine. After her are Pachomius the Great, Charbel Makhlouf, Nehemiah, Saint Apollonia, Pope Boniface III, and Beatrice Portinari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 3. Before her are Pope Boniface IV, and Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb. After her are Teia, Armah, Abdullah ibn Salam, John the Merciful, Anastasius of Persia, Saint Gall, Liuva I, Garibald I of Bavaria, and Tardu. Among people deceased in 615, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 2. Before her is Pope Boniface IV. After her are Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Columbanus, and Antarah ibn Shaddad.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 62 out of 354. Before her are Zaynab bint Ali (626), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Anas ibn Malik (612), Al-Walid I (668), Musaylimah (600), and Abdullah ibn Masud (600). After her are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Talal of Jordan (1909), Ibn Ishaq (704), and Maymunah bint al-Harith (594).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 27. Before her are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580), Zaynab bint Ali (626), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Anas ibn Malik (612), and Abdullah ibn Masud (600). After her are Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595), Hasan al-Askari (846), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680).

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