Awwam ibn Khuwaylid

Brother of Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
العوام بن خويلد

Other names| Abu Zubayr
Spouse|

Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib

Children|

* Zubayr
* Hind
* Al-Sa'ib
* Abd al-Ka'ba

Parent(s)| Khuwaylid ibn Asad (father)
Fatimah bint Za'idah (mother)
Relatives| Khadija bint Khuwaylid (sister)
Family| Quraysh (tribe)
Military career
Battles/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[edit]

* Sahaba
* List of notable Hijazis
* Zubayrids

## References[edit]

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[edit]

* http://al-islam.org/beacons/7.htm

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