Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams (; <unk> ), anozivikanwa zvikuru ne "kunya" yake Abu Sufyan (), akanga ari muvengi akakurumbira akatendeuka shamwari yemuporofita wechiIslam Muhammad. Akanga ari mutungamiriri uye mutengesi wedzinza reQuraysh reMecca. Paakatanga basa rake, aiwanzotungamirira mapoka ezvokutengeserana achienda kuSiriya. Akanga ave ari pakati pevatungamiriri vakuru veMeccan vanopikisa Muhammad, muporofita weIslam uye nhengo yeQuraysh, achiraira vaMeccans muhondo dze
Uhud neGomba muna 625 na627. Zvisinei, apo Muhammad akapinda muMecca muna 630, Abu Sufyan akanga ari pakati pevokutanga kuzviisa pasi uye akapiwa danda muhurumende yeMuslim yakanga ichangobva kutanga, achitamba basa muHondo yeHunayn uye kuparadzwa kwakazotevera kwenzvimbo tsvene yeAl-Lat muTa'if. Pashure porufu rwaMuhammad, angave akagadzwa gavhuna weNajran naCaliph Abu Bakr () kwenguva isingazivikanwi. Abu Sufyan akazotamba chinzvimbo chinotsigira muuto revaMuslim muHondo yeYarmouk vachipesana nevaByzantine muSyria. Vanakomana vake Yazid uye gare gare Mu'awiya vakapiwa mabasa ekutonga mudunhu iroro uye vekupedzisira vakaenderera mberi nekutanga Umayyad Caliphate muna 661.