Al-As ibn Wa'il

Al-As ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi (Arabic: العاص بن وائل السهمي) was the father of a major Companion of Muhammad, 'Amr ibn al-'As, who conquered Egypt thrice and was involved in the Islamic conquest of the Levant, and Hisham ibn al-A'as.

He robbed a Yemeni of his goods in a trade. The Hilf al-Fudul was set in place at this occasion, in order to bring back justice to the Yemeni merchant and those without protection in Makkan society.[1]

He was rumored to have had a relationship with Layla bint Harmalah.[2]

Surat al-Kawthar is the 108th surah of the Qur'an, and the shortest. According to Ibn Ishaq, it was revealed in Makka, some time before the Isra and Miraj, when Al-As said of Muhammad that he was "a man who is cut off (from having a male progenitor) is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten."[3]

He never became a Muslim and left a will to his two sons.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2.Before Prophethood". alislaah3.tripod.com.
  2. ^ "Sermon 179". Archived from the original on 2006-03-21. Retrieved 2006-03-21.
  3. ^ "The Light of The Holy Qur'an (Sura Kauthar (The Abundance))". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
  4. ^ see Sunan Abu Dawud 2877


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