Hazrat Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

A Scribe of the Revelation

Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan was of Banu Umayya, son of Abu Sufyan رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Sufyan ibn Harbرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُLong chief of the Quraysh; embraced Islam at the conquest, then lost an eye for Allah and brother of the Mother of the Believers Umm Habiba رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Umm Habiba (Ramla bint Abi Sufyan)رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ who held to Islam in exile when her husband apostatisedMothers of the Believers · Muhajirun. He was among those who wrote down the revelation for the Prophet ﷺ. 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 465–466 — Najeebabadi — Mu'awiya, son of Abu Sufyan, a scribe of the revelation.

Governor of Syria

Under Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun and Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun he was made governor of Syria, which he administered for many years. After the martyrdom of Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Ali ibn Abi Talibرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFourth Caliph; cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ﷺKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · People of Badr, Hasan ibn Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Hasan ibn Aliرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُGrandson of the Prophet ﷺ; master of the youth of Paradise; the caliph who reconciled the UmmahAhl al-Bayt ceded the caliphate to him in 41 AH — on conditions of holding to the Book and the Sunnah and sparing the Muslims — and Mu’awiya ruled from Damascus until his death. 2 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 409, 508–509 — Najeebabadi — Mu'awiya governor of Syria; Hasan cedes the caliphate to him in 41 AH.