Hakam ibn Wa'il

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Hakam ibn Wa'il [1] is also known as "Hakam Ibn Abi al-As Ibn Umayya" or "al-Hakam ibn Abi al-`As".[2] was a uncle of Uthman.

He is regarded as a Sahaba by Sunnis ^[1]

When his nephew Uthman ibn Affan converted to Islam, Hakam bound and beat him.

His son was Marwan ibn al-Hakam. Both Hakam and his son where sent to exile from Medina to Ta'if by Muhammad, saying they should never return. Uthman recalled Marwan or both of them when he became Caliph.^[2]

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Hakam was the grandson of Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the for whom the Umayyad clan is named. His father was Wa'il ibn Umayya, also known as Abu al-As. His uncle was Affan ibn Wa'il the father of Uthman, the third Sunni Caliph, and his son Marwan ibn al-Hakam was the eight Sunni Caliph.