Awwam ibn Khuwaylid explained

Awwam ibn Khuwaylid العوام بن خويلد
Other Names:	Abu Zubayr
Spouse:
Children:	Zubayr Hind Al-Sa'ib Abd al-Ka'ba
Parents:	Khuwaylid ibn Asad (father) Fatimah bint Za'idah (mother)
Relatives:	Khadija bint Khuwaylid (sister)
Family:	Quraysh (tribe)
Module:	Embed: yes Battles: Fijar Wars

ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid 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

• Sahaba
• List of notable Hijazis
• Zubayrids

External links

• http://al-islam.org/beacons/7.htm

Notes and References

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