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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 .
In Mecca Jumanah entered Muhammad's tent with some other visitors, and she was able to speak to him, but still he did not speak to Abu Sufyan. [4]: 398 Finally Abu Sufyan followed Muhammad to the Battle of Hunayn. [4]: 398 When the enemy approached, he jumped off his horse, sword in hand, wishing (as he later said) to die for Muhammad. When ...
The Caliphate's growth. By the time Muhammad died in 632, Islam had spread throughout Arabia (green) 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]
In 624, Muhammad organized an attack on the caravan led by Hind and her husband, Abu Sufyan, that was travelling to Syria for trade purposes. Once they got word of the incoming attack, Abu Sufyan put word out to organize a Meccan army to defend the caravan. This led to the Battle of Badr. The Muslims defeated the Meccans and Hind's father, son ...
He burnt these farms and killed two Muslims. Abu Sufyan and his men ran away. When Muhammad found out, he gathered his men in hot pursuit. Abu Sufyan and his men, however, managed to flee. The Muslims managed to capture some of the sawiq (a type of flour) thrown away by the Quraysh men, who did so to lighten their burden and flee. [5] [6]
Watt points out Abu Sufyan was "one of the most astute men in Mecca" and must have anticipated the Muslim attack. [5] Muhammad had gathered a small expeditionary force of around 300 men to intercept the caravan. Abu Sufyan's spies informed him of the Muslims' plot to ambush his caravan. Fearing the loss of wealth that was imminent, Abu Sufyan ...
Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander for a West African affiliate of Islamic State, during a large-scale operation in the northern region of Menaka, the Malian authorities said in a ...
She was a sister of Abu Sufyan and one of the leading women of the Quraysh. [2] [3] She married Abū Lahab, a paternal uncle of Muhammad. They had at least six children: Utbah, [4] [5] Utaybah, [6] [7] Muattab, [6] Durrah (Fakhita), 'Uzzā and Khālida. [8] It is not clear whether she was also the mother of Abu Lahab's son Durrah. [citation needed]