Abu al-As ibn Umayya

Abu al-As ibn Umayya
Abu al-As ibn Umayya
Chief of Banu Umayya clan of Quraysh
Preceded by	Umayya ibn Abd Shams
Personal details
Born	Mecca, Arabia
Died	Mecca, Arabia
Spouse	Ruqayya
Children	Affan ibn Abi al-As; Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As; Uthman ibn Abi al-As
Parent	Umayya ibn Abd Shams

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya (Arabic: أبو العاص بن أمية) was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams.^[1]^[2]

Quick Facts Chief of Banu Umayya clan of Quraysh, Preceded by ...

His sons were the following:

Affan, father of Caliph Uthman.
Al-Hakam,^[3] the father of the Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
Al-Mughira, maternal great-grandfather of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.

He also had daughters:

Safiyya, who married Abu Sufyan. Their daughter Ramla was a wife of Muhammad.
Arwa, who married Amr ibn Hisham. Their daughter Asma was the fourth wife of Caliph Uthman.

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