Acceptance of Islam Upon Its Advent at Dar-e-Arqam
Hazrat Yasir (ra), Hazrat Sumaiyyah (ra), Hazrat Ammar (ra) and his brother Hazrat Abdullah bin Yasir (ra) embraced Islam upon its advent. Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir (ra) narrates, “I met with Hazrat Sohaib Bin Sinaan at the gate of Dar-e-Arqam. The Holy Prophet (sa) was in Dar-e-Arqam at the time. I asked Sohaib, ‘What is your purpose of coming here?’ and he replied, ‘What is your purpose?’ I replied, ‘I wish to go to the Holy Prophet (sa) and listen to his words.’ Sohaib said, ‘I have the same intention.’” Hazrat Ammar further narrates, “We presented ourselves before the Holy Prophet (sa). He informed us about Islam and we accepted it. We stayed there until night and then departed Dar-e-Arqam in secret.” Thirty people had preceded them in accepting Islam prior to Hazrat Ammar (ra) and Hazrat Sohaib (ra).
(At-Tabaqat Al-Kubra, Vol. 3, pp. 186-187, Ammar bin Yasir, Dar Ihya At-turath Al-Arabi, 1990, Beirut)
It is narrated in a Hadith [tradition of the Holy Prophet (sa)] of Sahih Bukhari that Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir (ra) said, “I saw the Holy Prophet (sa) at a time when his companions included only five slaves, two women and Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (ra) with him.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Kitabul Munaqib, Hadith 3857)