Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

Sakhr ibn Harb ( ), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (560-650), was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca . He was a staunch opponent of the Arabian prophet Muhammad before accepting Islam later in his life, although Shia Muslims argue that Abu Sufyan was a hypocrite , who converted only after Muslims had conquered Mecca and who managed to infiltrate the Muslim ranks and be included among the Muslim community, so as to keep power in his family instead of the family of the prophets'.

Sakhr ibn Harb ( ), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (560 - 650), was the leader of the Quraish tribe of Mecca . He was a staunch opponent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad before accepting Islam and becoming a Muslim warrior later in his life. His mother, Safia, is the paternal aunt of Maymuna bint al-Harith .

Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ( ; c. 565 — c. 653 ), better known by his kunya Abu Sufyan ( ), was a leader and merchant from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca . During his early career, he often led trade caravans to Syria . He had been among the main leaders of Meccan opposition to Muhammad , the prophet of Islam and member of the Quraysh, commanding the Meccans at the battles of Uhud and the Trench in 625 and 627. However, when Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, Abu Sufyan was among the first to submit and was given a stake in the nascent Muslim state, playing a role at the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent destruction of the polytheistic sanctuary of al-Lat in Ta'if . After Muhammad's death, he may have been appointed the governor of Najran by Caliph Abu Bakr ( r. 632–634 ) for an unspecified period. Abu Sufyan later played a supporting role in the Muslim army at the Battle of Yarmouk against the Byzantines in Syria. His sons Yazid and later Mu'awiya were given command roles in that province and the latter went on to establish the Umayyad Caliphate in 661.

Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 567—653) Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ( ; c. 567—653 ), commonly known by his kunya Abu Sufyan ( ), was a prominent opponent turned companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . He was the father of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I ( r. 661–680 ) and namesake of the Sufyanid line of Umayyad caliphs which ruled from 661 to 684. He was a first-cousin-once-removed of the third Rashidun caliph Uthman ; Abu Sufyan's uncle Abu al-As ibn Umayya was the grandfather of Uthman. Abu Sufyan was also a third-cousin of Prophet Muhammad; both men being great-great-grandsons of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai . One of his daughters, Ramla , was married to Muhammad, but this occurred before Abu Sufyan's own conversion and without his consent. Abu Sufyan was a leader and merchant from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca . During his early career, he often led trade caravans to Syria . He had been among the main leaders of Meccan opposition to Muhammad , the prophet of Islam and member of the Quraysh, commanding the Meccans at the battles of Uhud and the Trench in 625 and 627 CE . However, when Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, he was among the first to submit and was given a stake in the nascent Muslim state, playing a role at the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent destruction of the polytheistic sanctuary of al-Lat in Ta'if . After Muhammad's death, he may have been appointed as the governor of Najran by Caliph Abu Bakr ( r. 632–634 ) for an unspecified period. Abu Sufyan later played a supporting role in the Muslim army at the Battle of Yarmouk against the Byzantines in Syria. His sons Yazid and later Mu'awiya were given command roles in that province and the latter went on to establish the Umayyad Caliphate in 661.

Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 560 – 653) Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ( Arabic : صَخْرِ ٱبْن حَرْب ٱبْن أُمَيَّةَ , romanized : Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya ; c. 560—653 ), commonly known by his kunya Abu Sufiyan ( Arabic : أَبُو سُفْيَانُ , romanized : Abū Sufyān ), was a prominent opponent-turned companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . He was the father of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I ( r. 661–680 ) and namesake of the Sufyanid line of Umayyad caliphs which ruled from 661 to 684. Abu Sufyan was a leader and merchant from the Quraysh tribe of Mecca . During his early career, he often led trade caravans to Syria . He had been among the main leaders of Meccan opposition to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and member of the Quraysh, commanding the Meccans at the battles of the Uhud and Trench in 625 and 627 CE . However, when Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, he was among the first to submit and was given a stake in the nascent Muslim state, playing a role at the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent destruction of the polytheistic sanctuary of al-Lat in Ta'if . After Muhammad's death, he may have been appointed as the governor of Najran by Caliph Abu Bakr ( r. 632–634 ) for an unspecified period. Abu Sufyan later played a supporting role in the Muslim army at the Battle of the Yarmuk against the Byzantines in Syria. His sons Yazid and later Mu'awiya were given command roles in that province and the latter went on to establish the Umayyad Caliphate in 661.