Ku dhammaystiro weedhan soo socda: Sufyan wuxuu ka tirsanaa laanta Ghamid ee qabiilka Azd Sarat ee deggan koonfurta Hejaz (galbeedka Carabta). Wuxuu la socday Nebi Muxamed. Intii lagu guda jiray guushii muslimiinta ee Suuriya, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay
go'doominta iyo qabsashada Dimishiq 634 ama 635 isagoo ahaa taliye Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah. Intii lagu jiray xilligii khaliijka Cuthmaan () wuxuu noqday mid daacad u ah guddoomiyihii Suuriya Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. Muddo cayiman, kii dambe wuxuu u magacaabay Sufyan "ṣāḥib al-ṣawāʾif", i.e. taliyaha ugu sarreeya ee safarada xagaaga ee ku soo gala dhulkii Byzantine ee Anatolia, oo ka baxsan xadka waqooyiga.