Awn ibn Jafar | |
Native Name: | Arabic: عون إبن جعفر |
Birth Name: | ʿAwn ibn Jaʿfar |
Birth Place: | Abyssinia |
Death Place: | Medina |
Resting Place: | Medina |
Father: | Ja'far ibn Abi Talib |
Mother: | Asma bint Umais |
Spouse: | Umm Kulthum bint Ali |
Family: | Banu Hashim |
ʿAwn ibn Jaʿfar 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]