Birth
Shia claim several Sunni sources state that Muʻāwiyya was conceived in a form of polyandry called Nikah Ijtimah.
The sources list four people thought of being his father:
- Abu-ibn-Umar ibn Musaafir (or Musaafir Abu Umar)
- Umar ibn Walid
- Abu Sufyan.
- Sabah the Ethiopian or an unknown fourth.
Some list Abu Sufyan as one of the four, other do not. In any case, he accepted him as his father. For this reason, Shi'a name him "Muʻāwiyya ibn Hind", after his mother whom they regard as the prostitute that killed her black children, became married to Muhammads arch enemy and chewed Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalibs liver.
Read more about this topic: Shia View Of Muawiyah I
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