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Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb رضي الله عنه

أبو سفيان بن حرب

A leader of Quraysh who commanded them against the Muslims at Uḥud and the Trench.

Where they appear

  1. The Hijrah — migration to Madinah

    His caravan was the occasion of Badr; he commanded Quraysh at Uḥud and the Trench.

  2. Conquest, completion and farewell

    Negotiated at al-Ḥudaybiyah's aftermath and accepted Islam at the conquest.

How it ended

Accepted Islam on the night Makkah was taken; his house was declared a place of safety.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4280; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī