Umayya ibn Abd Shams ( Larabci: أمية بن عبد شمس‎ ) ɗa ne ga Abd Shams kuma an ce shi ne magabatan layin Halifofin Umayyawa. Ibn al-Kalbi ya ce sunansa ya samo asali ne daga; 'afa', ma'anar kalmar 'yar baiwa kuma maimakon kasancewarsa halastaccen ɗa na Abd Shams, Ibn al-Kalbi ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne ya ɗauke shi, Dangin Banu Umayya da kuma daular da ke mulkin halifancin Umayyawa da Khalifancin Córdoba ana kiran su ne da suna: Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Umayya ya gaji Abd Shams a matsayin qāʾid (kwamandan lokacin yaƙi) na mutanen Makka. Wataƙila wannan matsayi matsayi ne na siyasa lokaci-lokaci wanda mai riƙe shi ke kula da jagorancin harkokin sojan Makka a lokacin yaƙi maimakon ainihin umarnin filin. Wannan ya zama abin koyarwa yayin da daga baya aka san Umayyawa da mallakan manyan dabarun siyasa da na soja. 'Ya'yan nasa sune kamar haka Abu al-'As Katako Al-'As Safiyya Template:Quraysh tree https://ia801602.us.archive.org/2/items/nasqurPDF/nasqur.pdf https://www.myheritage.com/names/umayya_ibn%20abd%20manaf?lang=AR#signup_terms Archived 2020-09-06 at the Wayback Machine The Encyclopedia of Islam T-U. p. 839. Moussavi, Ahmad Kazemi;