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Abu Sufyan's given name was Sakhr and he was born around c. 560 to his father Harb ibn Umayya, a leader of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, [1] and mother Safiyya bint Hazn ibn Bujayr. [ citation needed ] The family belonged to the Banu Abd Shams clan of the Quraysh, [ 1 ] the brother clan of the Banu Hashim , to which the Islamic prophet Muhammad ...
Hind refused another suitor in order to marry Abu Sufyan, who was her maternal first cousin and paternal second cousin, [5] c.599. Her family borrowed the jewellery of the Abu'l-Huqayq clan in Medina so that she could adorn herself for the wedding. [9] From 613 to 622, Muhammad preached the message of Islam publicly in Mecca.
Mu'awiya's year of birth is uncertain, with 597, 603 or 605 cited by early Islamic sources. [1] His father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was a prominent Meccan merchant who led trade caravans to Syria, then part of the Byzantine Empire. [2]
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb subsequently gathered an army of three thousand men and set out for an attack on Medina. [36] They were accompanied by some prominent women of Mecca, such as Hind bint Utbah, Abu Sufyan's wife, who had lost family members at Badr. These women provided encouragement in keeping with Bedouin custom, calling out the names of the ...
The siege of Ta'if took place in 630, as the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad besieged the city of Ta'if after their victory in the battles of Hunayn and Autas.One of the chieftains of Ta'if, Urwah ibn Mas'ud, was absent in Yemen during that siege. [1]
After suffering defeat at the Battle of Badr, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, the Quraysh leader, vowed that he would not bathe until he avenged the results of that battle. Abu Sufyan gathered 200 mounted men, took the eastern road through the Nejd and secretly arrived by night, at the settlement of Banu Nadir, a Jewish tribe. However, the Jewish chief ...
Abu Bakr made Abu Sufyan's son Yazid commander of one of the armies that were to invade Syria. [17] The second caliph, Umar , made an exception in his strict rule of appointing early Muslim converts to prominent posts, by appointing the late convert Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan - and later Yazid's brother Muawiyah - to the post of Governor of Syria.
These three Muslims surrendered and were taken as prisoners to be sold in Mecca. Zayd bin al-Dathinah was sold to Safwan ibn Umayya, Abu Sufyan wanted to spare his life in exchange for the life of Muhammad. But Zayd's love for Muhammad was so great that he did not want Muhammad to be hurt even by a "thorn prick".