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