Umayya; c. 560—653), commonly known by his kunya Abu Sufyan (Arabic: أَبُو سُفْيَانُ, romanized: Abū Sufyān), was a prominent opponent-turned companion and...

Mu'awiya was a relatively late follower of Muhammad. Mu'awiya and his father Abu Sufyan had opposed Muhammad, their distant Qurayshite kinsman and later Mu'awiya's...

Abū Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: أبو سفيان بن الحارث بن عبد المطلب), born al-Mughīra (المغيرة), was a companion and first cousin...

Sufyan, who was appointed as his successor over Damascus and Jordan by Umar and gradually became governor over all of Syria. Yazid was a son of Abu Sufyan...

in circa 589 or 594. She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As. Abu Sufyan was the chief of the Umayya clan, and he was...

Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (Arabic: يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان, romanized: Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya ibn ʾAbī Sufyān; c. 646 – 11 November 683), commonly...

elected to send their leader, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, to Medina for the renegotiation of the treaty. Following the incident, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb journeyed to Medina...

Al-Walīd ibn ʿUtba ibn Abī Sufyān (Arabic: الوليد بن عتبة بن أبي سفيان) (died 684) was an Umayyad ruling family member and statesman during the reigns...

belligerent party within the Quraysh, against the advice of their chief Abu Sufyan, supported one of their client clans in a conflict against the Khuza'a...

Quraysh finally saw the necessity to take strong measures. Their chief, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, then set out for Medina with 3,000 troops to confront Muhammad...

Abu Sufyan and the Quraysh embraced Islam. To reconcile his influential Qurayshite tribesmen, Muhammad gave his former opponents, including Abu Sufyan, a...

returning from the Levant led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Muhammad gathered a small expeditionary force to capture it. Abu Sufyan, learning of the Muslim plan...

thus sent his troops to intercept it at Badr. Getting wind of his plan, Abu Sufyan, who led the caravan, sent messengers to Mecca for help. The reinforcements...

عتبة بن ربيعة, romanized: Hind bint ʿUtba ibn Rabīʿa) was the wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and the mother of Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680). Hind converted to...

and as "very generous". He married Arwā Umm Jamīl bint Harb, sister of Abu Sufyān (Sakhr), whose father Ḥarb was chief of the Banu Umayyah. Their children...

Hani and Ja'dah Jumāna bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm Sufyan), married Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith and had two sons, Sufyan and Ja'far, Ali Rayṭa bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm...

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...

c. 622–673), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (Arabic: زياد بن أبي سفيان, romanized: Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), was an administrator and statesman of the...

Sufyan (Arabic: سُفْيَان, romanized: Sufyān) is an Arabic name. Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Qatari weightlifter Abu Sufyan Al-Azdi (1973–2013), Saudi...

 'Emigrants'), the natives of Mecca who migrated to Medina. In early 624, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb led a trade caravan from Syria, returning to Mecca. Muhammad...

Abu al-A'war Amr ibn Sufyan ibn Abd Shams al-Sulami (Arabic: أبو الأعور عمرو بن سُفيان بن عبد شمس السلمي, romanized: ʾAbū al-ʾAʿwar ʿAmr ibn Sufyān ibn...

al-Khudri Abu Salama `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Asad Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Abu Talhah al Ansari Abu Zama' al-Balaui...

He was the brother of Walid ibn Utba and Hind bint Utba, the wife of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb. He had a companion named Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfa, a notable...

Abu Sufyan, thereafter became the leader of the Meccan army that fought the Muslims under Muhammad at the battles of Uhud and the Trench. Abu Sufyan and...

Expedition of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb[citation needed] or the Demolition of al-Lat, occurred in the same year as the Battle of Tabuk (which occurred in October...

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza al-Thawrī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه سُفْيَان بْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْرَة...

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. He also had daughters: Safiyya, who married Abu Sufyan. Their daughter Ramla was a wife of Muhammad. Arwa, who married Amr ibn...

military commander, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, aimed at further reconciling his opponents. He sent a proposal for marriage to Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, who was in Abyssinia...

departed were Umm Habiba, the daughter of one of the Quraysh chiefs, Abu Sufyan, and her husband. The Quraysh then sent two men to retrieve them. Because...

out by night to listen to Muhammad as he was praying in his house while Abu Sufyan and Al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq also did the same thing. Every one of them chose...