The Prophet (PBUHH) asked him, “What do you have in your heart?

The Prophet (PBUHH) asked him, “What do you have in your heart?” He answered, “I am confident in my faith and calm.” The Prophet (PBUHH) told him, “So if they again ask you to say the same, you say so.” The following verse was then revealed to the Prophet (PBUHH) to approve of Ammar’s action: “Whoever renounces faith in Allah after [affirming] his faith —barring someone who is compelled while his heart is at rest in faith” (16:106) Ammar could not get rid of Abu Jahl except by migrating to Ethiopia.

Hence, he joined the second caravan of migrants who were proceeding to that country and lived there peacefully till he came over to Medina along with others after the Holy Prophet migrated to that city. His virtues One of the greatest distinctions possessed by Ammar ibn Yasir was that he had been brought up to be a jurist and a scholar. The Messenger of God (PBUHH) himself had trained him in the best manner and had declared him to be the specimen of a ‘Qur’anic Muslim’.

On account of these antecedents, his faith in Islam was not merely a blind faith. Ammar offered prayers facing two Qiblahs [i.e., Jerusalem and Ka’bah] and migrated twice [one to Abyssinia and the other to Medina] and was one of those who took the Allegiance of Riḍwān and participated in the Battles of Badr and Uhud as well as in the Battle of the Ditch. He saw and observed from a close range all the actions of the Messenger of God (PBUHH). He witnessed the Battle of ‘Radda’ [i.e.

apostasy] during the reign of Abu Bakr. He was the Governor of Kufa during the time of Umar and one of the opponents of Uthman. Ammar is one of those companions who have been recognized to be the sources of knowledge and hadith, and Ibn Abbas, Abu Musa Ash’ari, Abdullah ibn Ja’far, Abul As Khuza’i, Abu Tufayl and others have narrated the Prophetic hadiths from him. There are several sayings of the Prophet (PBUHH) on the virtues of Ammar.

For instance, The Prophet was reported to have said: “Ammar is with the truth and the truth is with Ammar. Ammar turns around the truth wherever it is and the murderer of Ammar is in the fire.” And then he (PBUHH) also said: “When people engage in disputes, the truth is with the son of Sumayyah.” His loyalty to Imam Ali After the death of (PBUHH), Ammar remained loyal to Imam Ali.