Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad was one of the non-Muslims who interacted with the

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ic prophet

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Nawfal was the son of

Khuwaylid ibn Asad Khuwaylid ibn Asad ( ar, خويلد بن أسد) was a member of the Arab Banu Quraysh tribe and is recognized for being the father of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family He was the son of Asad ibn Abd-Al-Uz ...

and hence a paternal brother of

Khadijah Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in th ...

. His mother, known only as "Al-Adawiya", was from the Adiy clan of the Khuza’a tribe. "He was one of the principal men of the

Quraysh The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qur ...

."Guillaume/Ishaq p. 337. He had the byname "Lion of the Quraysh" and "was well known for his physical strength and bravery." His son Al-Aswad was an early convert to

who joined the

migration to Abyssinia The migration to Abyssinia ( ar, الهجرة إلى الحبشة, translit=al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra ( ar, الهجرة الأولى, translit=al-hijrat al'uwlaa, label=none), was an episode in the early histor ...

in 616. However, Nawfal opposed Muhammad and was known as "a satan of the Quraysh". At one time he bound

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

and

Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī ( ar, طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, ) was a Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In Sunni Islam, he is mostly known for being among ('the ten to whom Paradise was ...

with a rope.MSA West Compendium of Muslim Text

/ref> Due to this, those two became known as ''Al-Qareenayn'', "the two tied together".How Noble Men Were Persecuted
/ref> He was killed by

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

during the

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in 624. However, according to another tradition, he was killed in the battle by his own nephew,

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572 births 624 deaths 6th-century Arabs 7th-century Arabs Opponents of Muhammad Year of birth unknown People killed at the Battle of Badr Banu Asad (Quraysh) {{Islam-bio-stub

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