Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Leader of Quraysh who believed
CompanionLeader of Quraysh who believed
Abu Sufyan ibn Harbأبو سفيان بن حرب
Approximate dateMakkah
The leader of Quraysh for years against the Muslims, who accepted Islam the night before Makkah opened.
Abu Sufyan led Quraysh at Uhud and the Trench. Trading in Syria, he was questioned by Heraclius about the Prophet ﷺ and answered honestly. On the eve of the conquest in 630 he accepted Islam, and the Prophet ﷺ declared that whoever entered Abu Sufyan's house would be safe. He later fought at Ta'if and Yarmuk.
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
Honesty can open the door to guidance, even for an enemy.
Where do they appear in the story?
Who else is linked?
MakkahHind bint UtbahMu'awiyah ibn Abi SufyanByzantine EmpireHeraclius
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺZayd ibn HarithaThe Three Who Stayed BehindKhosrow IIAl-Numan ibn al-MundhirHeracliusAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-Ayham
Source: history · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Companions
- Abu Bakr
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Uthman ibn Affan
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Talhah ibn Ubaydullah
- Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
- Sa'id ibn Zayd
- Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah
- Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib
- Bilal ibn Rabah
- Sumayyah bint Khayyat
- Yasir ibn Amir
- Ammar ibn Yasir
- Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
- Al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam
- Mus'ab ibn Umayr
- Uthman ibn Maz'un
- Suhayb al-Rumi
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
- Salman al-Farisi
- Fatimah bint al-Khattab
- Umm Ayman
- Asma bint Abi Bakr
- Asma bint Umays
- As'ad ibn Zurarah
- Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
- Sa'd ibn Ubadah
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
- Abu Talhah al-Ansari
- Ubayy ibn Ka'b
- Zayd ibn Thabit
- Mu'adh ibn Jabal
- Anas ibn Malik
- Umm Sulaym bint Milhan
- Umm Haram bint Milhan
- Nusaybah bint Ka'b
- Rufaydah al-Aslamiyyah
- Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
- Umm al-Fadl Lubabah
- Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah
- Asma bint Yazid
- Khawlah bint al-Azwar
- Al-Khansa
- Hind bint Utbah
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Wahshi ibn Harb
- Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Amr ibn al-As
- Usamah ibn Zayd
- Al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin
- Uqbah ibn Nafi
- Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
- Abdullah ibn Rawahah
- Abdullah ibn Jahsh
- Anas ibn al-Nadr
- Abu Dujanah
- Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah
- Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
- Abdullah ibn Abbas
- Abu Hurayrah
- Abdullah ibn Umar
- Abdullah ibn Amr
- Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
- Jabir ibn Abdullah
- Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
- Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
- Abdullah ibn Salam
- Tamim al-Dari
- Adi ibn Hatim
- Thumamah ibn Uthal
- Abu Lubabah
- Ka'b ibn Malik
- Hilal ibn Umayyah
- Zayd ibn Arqam
- Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
- Dihyah al-Kalbi
- Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah
- Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri
- Hassan ibn Thabit