Al-As ibn Wa'il
Father of companion of Muhammad, 'Amr ibn al-'As
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Al-As ibn Wa'il as-Sahmi (Arabic: العاص بن وائل السهمي) was the father of a major Companion of Muhammad, 'Amr ibn al-'As, who conquered Egypt thrice and was involved in the Islamic conquest of the Levant, and Hisham ibn al-A'as.
He robbed a Yemeni of his goods in a trade. The Hilf al-Fudul was set in place at this occasion, in order to bring back justice to the Yemeni merchant and those without protection in Makkan society.[1]
He was rumored to have had a relationship with Layla bint Harmalah.[2]
Surat al-Kawthar is the 108th surah of the Qur'an, and the shortest. According to Ibn Ishaq, it was revealed in Makka, some time before the Isra and Miraj, when Al-As said of Muhammad that he was "a man who is cut off (from having a male progenitor) is of no consequence, and if he were killed, he would be forgotten."[3]
He never became a Muslim and left a will to his two sons.[4]
