Biography of Abu Sufyan
Sakhr bin Harb bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf bin Qusay bin Kilab bin Murrah bin Kaab bin Luay, Abu Sufyan al-Qurashi al-Umayyad. He has another nickname: Abu Hanzalah, his son Hanzalah, and Abu Sufyan's mother Safiyya bint Hazan bin Buhair bin al-Hazm. Bin Ruwaibah bin Abdullah bin Hilal bin Amer bin Sasa'ah, who is the paternal aunt of Maimunah bint Al-Harith bin Hazn, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. He was born ten years before the elephant. He converted to Islam on the night of the conquest. He witnessed Hunayn and Taif, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, gave him one hundred camels and forty uqiyahs from the spoils of Hunayn, as he gave the rest of the group. He gave his two sons Yazid and Muawiyah. Abu Sufyan said to him: By Allah, you are generous, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you. By Allah, I have fought you.
What a warrior you were. I was at peace with you, so what a peaceable person you are. May Allah reward you. Abu Sufyan's eye was gouged out on the day of Taif, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, used him on Najran. the Prophet ﷺ died while he was governor of it. He returned to Mecca and lived there for a while, then returned to Medina and died there. Al-Waqidi said: Our companions. They deny the authority of Abu Sufyan over Najran when the Prophet ﷺ died. They say: Abu Sufyan was in Mecca at the time of the death of the Prophet ﷺ and Amr bin Hazm, who was in charge of the Prophet ﷺ over Najran. Another report states: Abu Sufyan's other eye was swollen on the Battle of Yarmouk. He witnessed Yarmouk. He was a storyteller in the Muslim army, inciting them. And he urges them to fight. Ibn Abbas narrated on his authority that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrote to Heraclius............... Yunus bin Ubaid said: Utbah bin Rabi'ah, his brother Shaybah bin Rabi'ah, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, and Abu Sufyan had no opinion during pre-Islamic times, so when Islam came they had no opinion. My uncle Abu Sufyan was led by a servant of his. He died in the year thirty-one. He was eighty-eight years old. Some reports state: He died in the year thirty-two; according to another report, in the year thirty-four; in another account, he was ninety-three years old.