Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 36147 — Book of History

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The first to make their Islam public were seven fortunate ones: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Bilal, Sayyiduna Khabbab, Sayyiduna Suhayb, Sayyiduna Ammar and the mother of Ammar, Sayyidah Sumayyah (may Allah be pleased with them). As for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his uncle prevented anyone from harming him, and as for Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), his people prevented anyone from harming him. The others were seized by the disbelievers, dressed in coats of iron mail and left to scorch in the heat of the sun, until their exhaustion reached its utmost limit. Then they gave the disbelievers what they demanded. Then the people of each of them came to him with leather mats holding water, threw them into them and lifted them by their sides, except for Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him). When evening came, Abu Jahl came and began to abuse Sayyidah Sumayyah (may Allah be pleased with her) and speak obscenely, then he stabbed her with a spear in her private part and martyred her. She was the first martyr in Islam. The exception was Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him): his own life became of little worth to him for the sake of Allah, until even the disbelievers grew weary of him. They put a rope around the neck of Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), then ordered their boys, and they ran with him between the two mountains of Makkah, while Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) kept saying: Ahad, Ahad (One, One).