al-Aws

Al-Aws is one of the two tribes of Yathrib, with al-Khazraj. The Sealed Nectar counts them among the branches of Kahlan of the Qahtani lineage, and makes them sons of Haritha ibn Thalaba ibn Amr of al-Azd, who settled in Medina after the migration of the Azd from Yemen. ^{2 3 4}

The author notes that Sulayman al-Nadwi inclined to the view that the Ansar, the Aws and al-Khazraj, were not of the family of Qahtan but of Nabit ibn Ismail and their remnants in those lands. ^{5 6}

The author gives the Aws and al-Khazraj as an example of how rivalry for honour and leadership often led to wars between tribes that share one father. ⁷

The pledges of al-Aqaba and the support of the Aws for the Prophet ﷺ after the migration are presented under the Ansar and in the entries on the events.