A'as ibn Wa'il
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al-'As ibn Wa'il was the father of the Sahaba 'Amr ibn al-'As
and Hisham ibn al-A'as
.
He was a part of Hilf al-Fudul
He was rumored to have had a relationship with Layla bint Harmalah
Sura
t al-Kawthar is the 108
th sura of the Qur'an
, and the shortest. According to Ibn Ishaq
, it was revealed in Makka, some time before the Isra and Miraj, when A'as ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi said of Muhammad
that he was "a man who is cut off and is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten"
He never became a Muslim and left a will to his two sons
'Amr ibn al-'As
`Amr ibn al-`As was an Arab military commander who is most noted for leading the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640. A contemporary of Muhammad, and one of the Sahaba , who rose quickly through the Muslim hierarchy following his conversion to Islam in the year 8 AH...
and Hisham ibn al-A'as
Hisham ibn al-A'as
Hisham ibn al-A'as is the son of A'as ibn Wa'il and brother of Amr ibn al-A'as.He freed 50 slaves on account of his father's will.He was killed in the Battle of Yarmouk in the year 13 AH .-External links:...
.
He was a part of Hilf al-Fudul
Hilf al-Fudul
Hilf al-Fudul was a 7th-century alliance created by various Meccans, including the prophet Muhammad, to establish fair commercial dealing. Because of Muhammad's role in its formation, the alliance plays a significant role in Islamic ethics...
He was rumored to have had a relationship with Layla bint Harmalah
Sura
Sura
A sura is a division of the Qur'an, often referred to as a chapter. The term chapter is sometimes avoided, as the suras are of unequal length; the shortest sura has only three ayat while the longest contains 286 ayat...
t al-Kawthar is the 108
108 (number)
108 is the natural number following 107 and preceding 109.- In mathematics :One hundred [and] eight is an abundant number and a semiperfect number...
th sura of the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
, and the shortest. According to Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Ishaq
Muḥammad ibn Isḥaq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār was an Arab Muslim historian and hagiographer...
, it was revealed in Makka, some time before the Isra and Miraj, when A'as ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi said of Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
that he was "a man who is cut off and is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten"
He never became a Muslim and left a will to his two sons
External links
- http://www.islaam.net/main/display.php?id=1126&category=13