Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

Abu Sufyan bin Harith bin Abdul-Muttalib and Abdullah bin Abu Umaya had also met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at Niq al-Uqab, between Mecca and Medina, and sought permission to enter his presence. Umm Salama spoke to him on their behalf and said, "Messenger of Allah, they are your cousin, your aunt's son, and your brother-in-law."He replied, "I have no need of them. As for my cousin, he attacked my honor, and as for my aunt's son, he is the one who said to me in Mecca what he said."When the news of this reached them, Abu Sufyan had with him a young son of his, and he said, "By Allah, he must grant me permission, or I will take this son of mine by the hand and we will wander the earth until we die of thirst and hunger."When this reached the Prophet ﷺ, he felt compassion for them and granted them permission. They entered his presence and embraced Islam. Abu Sufyan then recited the verses he had composed about his acceptance of Islam, apologizing for his past conduct,By your life, on the day I carried a banner so that the cavalry of al-Lat might defeat the cavalry of Muhammad,I was like one wandering bewildered in the dark, his night veiled in shadow, but now is my time of guidance, and I am rightly led.A guide other than my own self has guided me, and one whom I had driven away with every kind of expulsion has, with Allah's help, brought me back.I used to turn away and keep my distance from Muhammad with all my might, called by another name, though not claiming descent apart from Muhammad.They are the men they are, but whoever does not follow their whims, even if he holds sound opinion, they reproach and reject.I sought to please them, and I was not steadfast with the people unless I was guided to it in every gathering.So tell Thakeef I do not seek to fight them, and tell Thakeef it was someone else, or Adi.I was not in the army that struck down Amir, and neither my tongue nor my hand had any part in that wrong.They were tribes that came from distant lands, scattered groups that came from Siham and Sardad.Ibn Ishaq said, They claim that when he recited to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the line, "and one whom I had driven away with every kind of expulsion has, with Allah's help, brought me back," the Messenger of Allah struck him on the chest with his hand and said, "You drove me away with every kind of expulsion."

عن ابن عباس قال

وقد كان أبو سفيان بن الحارث بن عبد المطلب وعبد الله بن أبي أمية قد لقيا رسول الله ﷺ أيضا بنيق العقاب فيما بين مكة والمدينة، والتمسا الدخول عليه، فكلمته أم سلمة فيهما فقالت: يا رسول الله ابن عمك وابن عمتك وصهرك، قال: لا حاجة لي بهما أما ابن عمي فهتك عرضي، وأما ابن عمتي فهو الذي قال لي بمكة ما قال قال: فلما خرج إليهما الخبر بذلك ومع أبي سفيان بني له، فقال: والله ليأذنن لي أو لآخذن بيد بني هذا، ثم لنذهبن في الأرض حتى نموت عطشا وجوعا، فلما بلغ ذلك النبي ﷺ رق لهما، ثم أذن لهما فدخلا عليه فأسلما، وأنشد أبو سفيان قوله في إسلامه، واعتذر إليه مما كان مضى منه: لعمرك إني يوم أحمل راية لتغلب خيل اللات خيل محمد لكا لمدلج الحيران أظلم ليله فهذا أواني حين أهدى وأهتدي هداني هاد غير نفسي ونالني مع الله من طردت كل مطرد أصد وأنأى جاهدا عن محمد وأدعى وإن لم أنتسب من محمد هم ما هم من لم يقل بهواهم وإن كان ذا رأي يلم ويفند أريد لأرضيهم ولست بلائظ مع القوم ما لم أهد في كل مقعد فقل لثقيف لا أريد قتالها وقل لثقيف تلك غيري أو عدي فما كنت في الجيش الذي نال عامرا وما كان عن جرا لساني ولا يدي قبائل جاءت من بلاد بعيدة نزائع جاءت من سهام و سردد قال ابن إسحاق: فزعموا أنه حين أنشد رسول الله ﷺ ونالني مع الله من طردت كل مطرد ضرب رسول الله بيده في صدره وقال: أنت طردتني كل مطرد.