Awwam ibn Khuwaylid

ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid () 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

See also

• Sahaba
• List of notable Hijazis
• Zubayrids

References

External links

• http://al-islam.org/beacons/7.htm