Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 624, Muhammad da mabiyansa sun yi ƙoƙari su tsayar da wani caravan na Meccan wanda mahaifin Mu'awiya ya jagoranta a kan dawowa daga Siriya, wanda ya sa Abu Sufyan ya kira don ƙarfafawa. Sojojin taimakon Quraysh sun yi nasara a yakin Badr, wanda aka kashe babban dan uwan Mu'awiya Hanzala da kakan mahaifiyarsu, Utba ibn Rabi'a. Abu Sufyan ya maye gurbin shugaban sojojin Meccan da aka kashe, Abu Jahl, kuma ya jagoranci Meccans zuwa nasara a kan Musulmai a yakin Uhud
a shekara ta 625. Bayan da ya kewaye Muhammadu a Madina a yakin Trench a 627, ya rasa matsayinsa na shugabanci tsakanin Quraysh.