Who was al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam? · Islam Museum

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Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was the disciple of the Prophet ﷺ and the son of his aunt Safiyya. He was the first to draw a sword in God's path and one of the ten promised Paradise, and he was killed in the Valley of the Beasts after the Battle of the Camel. ¹

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet· The delegation of Banu Hanifa

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)

The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba.