Truly these two, Mu'awiyah and 'Amr ibn al- 'As, never turn to goodness and honesty.
The Prophet

Mu'awiyah did not for a moment stay away from the leaders of infidelity at the point of the clash between paganism and Islam.
Even on the day when he saw his father apparently embracing Islam, he addressed him with reproaching verses saying:
"Oh Sakhr! Do not accept Islam since you will bring us disgrace,
After the death of the dear ones who were torn to pieces in the battle of Badr,
Both my uncles and my mother's uncle, who was the third of those, killed;
And Hanzalah, my good brother, were those who turned our dawn's sleep into wakefulness.
Do not even for a moment incline to Islam, since it will burden us with disgrace.
I swear to the camels, which go dancing on the way of Mecca, That death is easier than the reproach of enemies, Who may say, Abu Sufyan, son of Harb, turned away for fear of the idol at- 'Uzza." (75)
After the capture of Mecca, among those who embraced Islam, Mu'awiyah appeared to turn to this religion, and he received his share of the spoils of the battle of Hunayn, given to the newly converted to incline them more to Islam, a share which consisted of a hundred camels and a large sum of silver.(76) It was in the last years of the Prophet's life that he