Question: who is muawiya ibn abi sufyan?
Answer: Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan (died 680) was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. ... Muawiya at this time was made secretary to the Prophet, but it was as a warrior in the army sent by the caliph Abu Bakr to conquer Syria that Muawiya first distinguished himself in the Moslem community.