Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid العوام بن خويلد | |
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| Other names | Abu Zubayr |
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| Parent(s) | Khuwaylid ibn Asad (father) Fatimah bint Za'idah (mother) |
| Relatives | Khadija bint Khuwaylid (sister) |
| Family | Quraysh (tribe) |
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ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid (Arabic: العوام بن خويلد) was an Arab Qurayshi soldier who died in the Fijar Wars. According to a Shia narration, his father Khuwaylid ibn Asad adopted Awwam in Egypt. 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