- Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ( _ar. أبو سفيان بن الحارث) is the son of
Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib and asahaba (companion) and an uncle ofMuhammad According to Muslim sources::"Eventually God opened my heart to Islam. I got up and said to my servant, Madhkur: 'Get ready a camel and a horse for us.' I took my son Jafar with me and we galloped with great speed towards al-
Abwa between Makkah and Madinah. I had learnt that Muhammad had camped there. As I approached the place, I covered my face so that no one could recognize and kill me before I could reach the Prophet and announce my acceptance of Islam directly to him. [ [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/history/biographies/sahaabah/bio.ABU_SUFYAN_IBN_AL_HARITH.html Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith] onUSC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts ]He and his brother Rabi'a were one among those eight persons who did not flee in the
Battle of Hunayn .References
External links
* [http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/reference/companions/English/sufyan.html Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith]
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