Awn ibn Ja'far

Awn ibn Jafar
عون إبن جعفر
Born
ʿAwn ibn Jaʿfar

Abyssinia
Died
Medina
Resting placeMedina
SpouseUmm Kulthum bint Ali
Parents
RelativesAli (uncle)
FamilyBanu Hashim

ʿAwn ibn Jaʿfar (Arabic: عون إبن جعفر) was a companion and relative of Muhammad.

He was born in Abyssinia, the third son of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Asma bint Umais. The family returned to Medina in 628.[1]

He married his cousin, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, who was a granddaughter of Muhammad. They had no children.[2]

  1. ^ Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 196. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  2. ^ Ibn Saad/Bewley p. 299.[need quotation to verify]