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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 365,105 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sumayyah bint Khabbat is the 549th most popular religious figure (up from 596th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 75th 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 549 out of 2,238Before her are Rabbi Akiva, Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, Pope John XIII, Anna the Prophetess, Christina of Bolsena, and Antipope Benedict XIII. After her are Abdullah ibn Masud, Bahira, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Peter Waldo, and Hor-Aha.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 70 out of 251Before her are Amr ibn al-As (580), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Anas ibn Malik (612), and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622). After her are Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Hasan al-Askari (846), and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Sumayyah bint Khabbat ranks 27Before her are Zaynab bint Ali (626), Abbas ibn Ali (647), Umm Salama (602), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Anas ibn Malik (612). After her are Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Hasan al-Askari (846), and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680).