A zamanin jahiliyya, Banu Umayyawa ko kuma “Banu Umayya” su ne manyan zuriyar qabilar Kuraishawa ta Makka.A karshen karni na 6, Banu Umayyawa sun mamaye cibiyoyin hada-hadar kasuwanci na Kuraishawa da kasar Siriya, sannan suka kulla kawancen tattalin arziki da na soja tare da kabilun Larabawa makiyaya wadanda ke iko da fadin hamadar Larabawa ta arewa da tsakiyar kasar, wanda hakan ya baiwa dangin wani matsayi na karfin siyasa a cikin yanki.Banu Umayyawa karkashin jagorancin Abu Sufyan ibn Harb sune manyan jagororin Makka masu adawa da annabin musulunci
Muhammad , amma bayan da suka kwace Makka a shekara ta 630, Abu Sufyan da Kuraishawa suka musulunta.Don sasanta ’yan kabilarsa na Kuraishawa masu tasiri, Muhammadu ya ba abokan hamayyarsa na farko, ciki har da Abu Sufyan, wani kaso a cikin sabon tsari.Abu Sufyan da Umayyawa sun koma Madina, cibiyar siyasar Musulunci, don ci gaba da samun sabon tasirin siyasar da suka samu a cikin al'ummar musulmi.
Mutuwar Muhammadu a shekara ta 632 ta bar gadon shugabancin al'ummar musulmi.Muhajirun sun yi mubaya'a ga daya daga cikin su, farkon, dattijon sahabi Muhammad,
Abubakar, kuma sun kawo karshen shawarwarin Ansarite.Ansar da manyan kuraishawa suna kallon Abubakar a matsayin abin yarda da shi kuma an yarda da shi a matsayin halifa (shugaban al'ummar musulmi).Ya nuna tagomashi ga Banu Umayyawa ta hanyar ba su matsayin jagoranci a
yakin da musulmi suka yi a Sham .Daya daga cikin wadanda aka nada shi ne Yazid dan Abu Sufyan, wanda ya mallaki kadarori da kuma gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci a kasar Sham.Magajin Abubakar Umar (r. 634 – 644) ya rage tasirin kuraishawa masu goyon bayan Muhammadu na farko a cikin gwamnati da sojoji, amma duk da haka ya ba da damar samun gindin ‘ya’yan Abu Sufyan a Syria, wanda duk sai 638 suka ci nasara. .A lokacin da babban kwamandan Umar na lardin Abu Ubaida bn al-Jarrah ya rasu a shekara ta 639, ya nada Yazidu gwamnan lardin Damascus na kasar Sham, da Palastinu da kuma Jordan.Yazid ya rasu ba da jimawa ba Umar ya nada dan uwansa Mu'awiya a madadinsa.Wata kila irin yadda Umar ya yi wa ‘ya’yan Abu Sufyan na musamman ya samo asali ne daga mutunta iyalinsa, da alakarsu da ‘yan kabilar Banu Kalb masu karfin fada a ji a matsayin cin karo da manyan ‘yan kabilar Himyari a Homs wadanda suke kallon kansu a matsayin daidai da Kuraishawa a cikin manyan mutane ko kuma rashin samun daukaka. dan takarar da ya dace a lokacin, musamman a cikin annobar Amwas da ta riga ta kashe Abu Ubayda da Yazid.A karkashin jagorancin Mu'awiya, Siriya ta kasance cikin zaman lafiya, tsari da kariya daga tsoffin sarakunan
Rumawa .