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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ammar bin Yasir Ammar bin Yasir The people in Makkah lived in ignorance and darkness. The strong persecuted the weak and deprived them of their rights. No one supported the weak. The Quraishi leaders were traders. Each year, they had two trade journeys. In summer, their caravans went to Shaam. In winter they went to Yemen. The people in Makkah were of two classes: one class was rich, the other was poor. The rich persecuted the poor.

Some poor people were slaves. They had nothing, not even their freedom. Our Master Muhammad (s) lived in that time. He went to Mount Hira. There he thought of his people. He felt pain for them because they worshipped idols. Our Master Muhammad (s) became forty years old. One day, Jibreel came down from the sky. He told Muhammad (s) about Islam. Our Master Muhammad (s) came down the mountain. He was carrying the Mission of Islam. He intended to spread it among people to live peacefully.

The poor and the persecuted listened to the Mission of Islam. They believed in it. So their hearts were filled with love for Islam. The traders and the rich of Quraish heard about Islam. Thus, they had spite against our Master Muhammad (s). in the meantime, they plotted against Islam and the Muslims. Abu Jahal was the most spiteful polytheist. He mistreated our Master Muhammad (s) very much. Al Arqam's House Our Master Muhammad (s) met the believers secretly in al-Arqam's house.

He wanted to keep his religion a secret so that Abu Jahal, Abu Sufyan and other polytheists would not hurt the Muslims. One day Ammar bin Yasir came and saw a man standing at the door. The man's name was Suhaib. Ammar said to him: Suhaib, what are you doing here? Suhaib answered: I've come to hear Muhammad's words. And what are you doing? I've come to hear his words, too. Then Ammar and Suhaib came into al-Arqam's house.

They humbly began listening to Allah's words and to the Verses of the Holy Qur'an. Ammar's heart was full of belief as streams are full of rain water. When Ammar and Suhaib wanted to leave al-Arqam's house, our Master Muhammad (s) said to them: Stay here till evening. Allah's Apostle (s) was afraid that Quraish would hurt them. Ammar waited until it got dark. Then he left al-Arqam's house and hurried towards his house. His mother and father were waiting for him anxiously.

When Ammar entered, the little house was full of happiness. He began telling his parents about Islam, Allah's religion.