Safwan ibn Muattal

Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami (Arabic: صَفْوَان بْنِ الْمُعَطَّل السُّلَمِيّ, romanized: Ṣafwān ibn al-Muʿaṭṭal al-Sulamī; d. 638 or 679) was a sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and an Arab commander in the Muslim conquests. He was one of the first members of the Banu Sulaym to embrace Islam. He was accused, allegedly by Abd Allah ibn Ubayy, of having an affair with Muhammad's wife A'isha after the two became separated from a Medina-bound caravan. Later, Safwan became a commander and moved from Medina to Basra during the Muslim conquest of that region. Afterward, he took part in the military campaigns against the Byzantines in al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) and Armenia, where he is said to have been slain. However, other reports mention that he died decades later as governor of Armenia.