Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yawancin Sulaym sun yi ridda daga Islama a lokacin Khalifancin Abu Bakr, bayan mutuwar Muhammad a 632. Daga cikin bangarorin 'yan ridda na Sulaymi da kabilu akwai' Awf ibn Imru 'al-Qays, da 'Usayya da Sharid, da 'Amira da al-Fuja'a ke jagoranta, da Jariya kuma mai yiwuwa Dhakwan. Duk da haka, bayan nasarar musulmai a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Ridda, rundunonin Sulaymi sun shiga cikin mamayar musulmai na Siriya da Iraki. A Yaƙin Ƙasar Musulmi na Farko
, akwai wasu 'yan kabilar Sulaymi da suka goyi bayan Halifa Ali, amma a bayyane yake sun goyi bayan Mu'awiyah I, inda goyon bayansu ya zama babbar gudummawa ga nasararsa ta ƙarshe a 661. Ofaya daga cikin janar-janar na Mu'awiyah a cikin wannan yaƙin shi ne Abu'l-A'war ibn Sufyan da aka ambata a baya.