Sakhr ibn Harb, (Arabic: صخر بن حرب ) more commonly known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and a staunch opponent of Muhammad who later converted to Islam and became an Islam army.

 

Abu Sufyan was born 560 CE as a son of Harb ibn Umayya, had relations with his kind woman Saffya bint abi al-A'as, who born a daughter called Ramlah, is considered the father of Ziyad ibn Abihi, Muhammad as a threat to Mecca's social order, a man aiming for political power and a blasphemer of the Quraish gods.

Muhammad assembled an army of approximately 10,000 men and marched towards Mecca. Abu Sufyan forth between Mecca and Muhammad, still trying to reach a settlement. On the eve of the occupation, Abu Sufyan adopted Islam.

After the occupation of Mecca, Abu Sufyan fought as one of Muhammad's lieutenants in the subsequent wars. When Muhammad died in 632, Abu Sufyan was in charge of Najran, also fought in the Battle of Yarmouk in 636, in which he lost his eyes.

Abu Sufyan died at the age of ninety in 650 at Medina. The fact that Abu Sufyan fought for the Moslems army and sacrificed his eyes in battle is held as further evidence for his uprightness.