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Awwam ibn Khuwaylid

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Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
العوام بن خويلد
Other namesAbu Zubayr
Spouse
Children
Parent(s)Khuwaylid ibn Asad (father)
Fatimah bint Za'idah (mother)
RelativesKhadija bint Khuwaylid (sister)
FamilyQuraysh (tribe)
Military career
Battles / 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 for childrens :

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.