Original name of Abu Jehl was ___________ bin Hisham.

His real name was Amr b. Hisham al-Mughira; at first, he was known as Abu’l-Hakam, but the Muslims called him “Abu Jahl” (the father of ignorance). He belonged to Sons of Mahzum clan of the tribe of Quraysh in Makkah. He had a great prestige among Makkans.

Abu Jahl, who was about the same age as the Prophet (pbuh), opposed Islam beginning from the first days, acted in a hostile manner against the Prophet and especially weak Muslims, and harassed and tortured them. Ammar b. Yasir’s mother, Sumayya, who was one of the first two martyrs of Islam, was killed by Abu Jahl brutally.