Abu Sufyan: Difference between revisions

Finally, after much enmity and numerous wars against the [[prophet (s)]], Abu Sufyan embraced Islam in 8/629 after the [[Conquest of Mecca]] with the mediation of [[al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]]<ref>Al-Waqidi, ''al-Maghazi'', vol.2, pp. 817-8</ref>. Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet (s) and accepted Islam and the Prophet (s) announced his house a safe refuge<ref>Al-Waqidi, ''al-Maghazi'', vol.2, pp. 817-8; Ibn Hisham, ''al-Sira'', vol.4, p. 46</ref>. From that time on, Abu Sufyan and his family were of the Muslims. The Prophet (s) sent him to [[Najran]] province<ref>Al-Kalbi, ''Jamharat al-nasab'', p. 49</ref>. In the same year, Abu Sufyan commanded a group of warriors in the [[Battle of Hunayn]]. At the end of the war, the Prophet (s) gave Abu Sufyan and his children a bigger share of the spoils of war<ref>Al-Waqidi, ''al-Maghazi'', vol.2, pp. 944-5; Al-Tabari, ''Tarikh'', vol.1, p. 1679</ref>.