Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayyah (Arabic: الحكم بن أبي العاص / ALA-LC: al-Ḥakam ibn Abī al-ʿĀs) was the father of the founder of the Marwanid line of the Umayyad dynasty, Marwan I, and an uncle of Uthman. He is regarded as a Sahabi by Sunnis.[1]
Family tree
Hakam was the grandson of Umayya ibn Abd Shams, for whom the Umayyad clan is named. His father was Abu al-As ibn Umayya. His brother was Affan ibn Abi al-As, the father of Uthman, the third Rashidun Caliph, and his son Marwan ibn al-Hakam was the fourth Umayyad Caliph.
He had other children: Yahya ibn Abu Al-'As, maternal grandfather of Hisham I, and Harith ibn Abu Al-'As
Safiyyah bint Abi al-As, al-Hakam's sister, is the aunt of Uthman ibn Affan, the wife of Abu Sufyan, and the mother of Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, a wife of Muhammad. He also had brother named Uthman ibn Abu al-As.
Both Hakam and his son Marwan I where sent to exile from Medina to Ta'if by Muhammad for their activities against the Muslim ummah, saying they should never return.
His important relatives