al-As ibn Wa'il
العاص بن وائل
The Sahmi notable whose withholding of a Zabidi merchant's due sparked the events leading to the Fudul pact — the confederates rose and wrested the man's right from him.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Merchant
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- OpponentTradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- Hilf al-Fudul (the pact of the virtuous)Umar accepts IslamLast Quraysh delegation to Abu Talib
People and things also explored
MeccaThe Prophetic EraMuhammadBanu HashimAbdullah ibn Jud'anAbu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)Abu Sufyan ibn HarbFatima bint al-Khattab
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-As ibn Wa'il”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-as-ibn-wail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.