He entered the protection of Abu Hudhayfa ibn al-Mughira, a member of the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe.
[2]: 188 [3]: 29, 116–117 Abu Hudhayfa gave Yasir his slave Sumayyah as a wife; they had a son, Ammar, in c.566.
[2]: 189 [3]: 29 Yasir, Sumayyah, Abdullah and Ammar all became Muslims at an early date "on the rise of Islam".
[7]: 143 After the death of Abu Hudhayfa left Yasir and his family without a protector in Mecca,[3]: 29, 117 the Makhzum clan tortured them to pressure them to abandon their faith.
[5]: 185–186 [7]: 145 Yasir, Sumayyah and Ammar were forced to stand in the sun in the heat of the day dressed in mail-coats.
"[2]: 190 [7]: 145 Abu Jahl, a member of the Makhzum clan, killed Sumayyah by stabbing and impaling her with his spear.