Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Mecca |
Died | 655/56 |
Spouse(s) | Amina bint Alqama ibn Safwan Mulayka bint Awfa Umm Nu'man bint al-Harith ibn Abi Amr al-Ba'itha bint Hashim ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a |
Relations | Banu Umayya (clan) |
Children | |
Parent(s) | Abu al-As ibn Umayya (father) Ruqayya bint al-Harith (mother) |
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya (Arabic: الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية, romanized: al-Ḥakam ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya; died 655/56), was the father of the founder of the Marwanid line of the Umayyad dynasty, Marwan I (r. 684–685), and a paternal uncle of Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656). He was known as a staunch opponent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was consequently exiled when the latter captured their hometown of Mecca in 630. He was later pardoned by Uthman.