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]

External links[edit]

• http://al-islam.org/beacons/7.htm