Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 624, Muhammad da mabiyansa sun yi kokarin hana wani dakarun Makka da mahaifin Mu'awiya ya jagoranta dawowa daga Siriya, wanda ya sa Abu Sufyan ya nemi karin karfi. 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 Makka da aka kashe, Abu Jahl, kuma ya jagoranci Makkawa zuwa ga nasara a kan Musulmai a
Yaƙin Uhudu a shekara ta 625. Bayan da ya kewaye Muhammadu a Madina a yakin Trench a 627, ya rasa matsayinsa na shugabanci tsakanin Quraysh.