Awwam ibn Khuwaylid

Brother of Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid
Children
  • Zubayr
  • Hind
  • Al-Sa'ib
  • Abd al-Ka'ba
Parent(s)Khuwaylid ibn Asad (father)
Fatimah bint Za'idah (mother)RelativesKhadija bint Khuwaylid (sister)FamilyQuraysh (tribe)Military careerBattles/wars
  • Fijar Wars †

ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid (Arabic: العوام بن خويلد) was an Arab Qurayshi soldier who died in the Fijar Wars.[1] According to a Shia narration, his father Khuwaylid ibn Asad adopted Awwam in Egypt.[2] He was a member of the Asad tribe from the Banu Quraysh and the brother of Islamic prophet Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid.

Awwam was the spouse of Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib and they had five children:

  • the companion Zubayr ibn al-Awwam,
  • Saaib ibn al-Awwām
  • Hind bint al-Awwam, spouse of Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi, the adoptive son of Muhammad
  • Abdulkaaba ibn al-Awwam.
  • Zaynab bint al-Awwam, spouse of her cousin, Hakim ibn Hizam ibn Khuwaylid

See also

References

  1. ^ Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, al-Maʿārif, p. 219. p. 89.
  2. ^ Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha, vol. 11, p. 67. p. 89.

External links

  • http://al-islam.org/beacons/7.htm


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