Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad Naufal bin Khuwailid bin Asad (in Arabic: نوفل ابن خويلد ابن اسد) was one of the non-Muslims who interacted with Muhammad.
He was one of the leaders of the Quraysh, but his son, Al-Aswad, participate in the migration to Abyssinia with the Prophet Muhammad.He was killed by Ali in the battle of Badr (624 AD).
Nawfal was the son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and hence a paternal brother of Khadijah.
"[3] His son Al-Aswad was an early convert to Islam who joined the migration to Abyssinia in 616.
[5] At one time he bound Abu Bakr and Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah with a rope.