During the first and second caliphates of Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar (Umar ibn al-Khattab), he fought with the Muslims against the Byzantines in Syria. To stop the Byzantine harassment from the sea, Muawiyah developed a navy in the Levant and used it to confront the Byzantine Empire in the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
The Quraysh controlled the city of Mecca (in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia) and the Banu Abd-Shams were among the most influential of its citizens. The meaning of Muawiyah in Arabic is "young fox". His father Abu-Sufyan struggled against Islam until Muhammad's (peace be upon him), army entered Mecca in 630.
Hazrat Ameer Muawiyah, Muhammad (peace be upon him), and Hazrat Ali shared the same great-great grandfather Abdu Manaf bin Qusay, who had four sons: Hashim, Muttalib, Nawfal, and Abdu Shams. Hashim was the great grandfather of Hazrat Ali r.a and Muhammad (peace be upon him). Umayyah bin Abdu Shams was the great grandfather of Hazrat Ameer Muawiyah.
Hazrat Ameer Muawiyah's sister Ramla bint Abi Sufyan was one of the first converts to Islam. In order to avoid hostilities from Quraysh, she and her husband Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh emigrated to Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Her husband, later, converted to Christianity. He tried to persuade her to do the same, but she held on to Islam. His conversion led to their divorce. She continued to live in Abyssinia with her daughter until Ubayd-Allah's death sometime later.
She was later married to Muhammad (peace be upon him). Hazrat Khalid ibn Said was chosen by her as her legal guardian at the ceremony. The Negus the king of Abbysian read out the Khutba himself, and Hazrat Khalid ibn Said made a speech in reply. On behalf of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Negus offered a dowry of four hundred Dinars.
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