Abu al-As ibn Umayya

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya () was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams.

Their sons were the following:

• Affan, father of Caliph Uthman.
• Al-Hakam, 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.

Family tree

References

External links

• islaam.net