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Opponents of Muhammad

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Abū Lahab
Uncle of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad (c.549-c.624)
Amr ibn Hisham
Arab polytheist leader of the Quraysh tribe (c. 570–624)
Musaylimah
Musaylima (Full name: Muslima ibn Habib al-Hanafi) (), d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of Islam during the Ridda wars. He is considered by Muslims to be a false prophet (). He is commonly called Musaylima al-Kadhāb () by Muslims. Musaylima was said to have composed in saj', a type of rhymed prose that was common in pre-Islamic artistic speech.
Mohamed bin Salman
Arab military leader and chieftain of the Khazraj tribe (died 631)
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
poet from the Tayy tribe
'Asma' bint Marwan
poet of the Ummayad clan
Umayya ibn Khalaf
Meccan-born opponent of the first Muslims
Utba ibn Rabi'ah
Prominent pagan leader of the Quraysh (c.563–624)
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As
Sahabi
Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt
principal adversary of Muhammad (died 624)
Umayr ibn Wahb
Abu 'Afak
poet
Safwan ibn Umayya
companion of Muhammad
Walid ibn al-Mughira
Chief of the Quraysh in Mecca (570–622)
Zeynab bint Al-Harith
Jew who attempted to kill Mohammed
Kinana ibn al-Rabi
brother-in-law of Mohammed's wife Zaynab bint Khuzayma
Al-Nadr ibn al-Harith
Arab physician
Huyayy ibn Akhtab
7th-century Chief of Arabian Jewish tribe
Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
Jewish poet
Amir bin Tufayl
chieftain of the Banu 'Amir
Marhab
Marhab ibn Al-Harith () was popularly known as the Knight of Khaybar, a Jewish knight who is noted for his military role in Battle of Khaybar.
Mut'im ibn Adi
Akhnas ibn Shariq
contemporary to Muhammad
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
Son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and half-brother of Khadijah (died 624)
Ka'b ibn Asad
chief of a Jewish tribe in Medina
Al-Walid ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a
meccan polytheist and son of Utba ibn Rabi'a (died 624)