Abu Jahl: Difference between revisions

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'Amr b. Hisham b. Mughira was an antagonist and enemy of the Prophet (s).<ref>Ibn Isḥāq, ''Al-Sīyar wa al-maghāzī'', p. 145</ref> His father, Hisham b. Mughira was from the Banu Makhzum clan, whose death was the origin of the Quraysh calendar.<ref>Ibn Ḥabīb Baghdādī, ''Al-Muḥabbar'', p. 139.</ref> His mother, Asma' bt. Mukhriba b. al-Jandal al-Hanzali from Banu Tamim.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''Al-Sīrat al-Nabī'', vol. 1, p. 623.</ref> For this reason, he is also called Ibn Hanzaliyya.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol.1, p. 291.</ref>

Abu Jahl’s kunya was Abu l-Hakam, but the Prophet (s) called him "Abu Jahl"<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol.1, p. 125.</ref> (literally: father of ignorance) because of his ignorance and hostility toward Islam.<ref>Ibn Durayd, ''Kitāb al-ishtiqāq'', p. 148.</ref> Moreover, there is a hadith from the Prophet (s) to the effect that Abu Jahl was the pharaoh of the Islamic nation.<ref>Ibn Isḥāq, ''Al-Sīyar wa al-maghāzī'', p. 210.</ref>

[['Ikrima b. Abi Jahl]] was his son, who also showed hostility toward the Prophet (s), but after the [[Conquest of Mecca]], he converted to Islam.<ref>Ibn al-Jawzī, ''Al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 4, p. 155-156.</ref>

Abu Jahl was hostile toward the Prophet (s) and blasphemed and insulted him in one way or another. Moreover, Abu Jahl and his hostilities toward Islam and the Prophet are said to be occasions of the revelation of certain Quranic verses. In the Encyclopedia of the Quran, 32 Quranic verses are mentioned, which exegetes believe are about him. He made efforts to prevent the spread of Islam, including: