Amr ibn Hishām

ʿAmr ibn Hishām al-Makhzumi (Arabic: عمرو بن هشام‎, romanized: Amr ibn Hishām) (568 – 13 March 624), also called Abu al-Hakam (Arabic: أبو الحكم‎) or Abū Jahl (Arabic: أبو جهل‎), was one of the Meccan polytheist pagan leaders from Quraysh known for his opposition towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims in Mecca. Abu Jahl was fatally and badly wounded by Mu‘awwidh ibn ‘Afrā’ and Mu'ādh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamūḥ and eventually killed by Abdullah ibn Masud on March 13, 624, when he died fighting the Muslims in the Battle of Badr.

Amr ibn Hishām

ʿAmr ibn Hishām al-Makhzumi (Arabic: عمرو بن هشام‎, romanized: Amr ibn Hishām) (568 – 13 March 624), also called Abu al-Hakam (Arabic: أبو الحكم‎) or Abū Jahl (Arabic: أبو جهل‎), was one of the Meccan polytheist pagan leaders from Quraysh known for his opposition towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims in Mecca. Abu Jahl was fatally and badly wounded by Mu‘awwidh ibn ‘Afrā’ and Mu'ādh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamūḥ and eventually killed by Abdullah ibn Masud on March 13, 624, when he died fighting the Muslims in the Battle of Badr.