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Who was al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam?

من كان الزبير بن العوام؟

al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (may God be pleased with him), a close companion (hawari) of the Prophet ﷺ and son of his aunt Safiyya. He was the first to draw a sword in the cause of God, and he was one of the ten given glad tidings of Paradise. He was killed in Wadi al-Siba after the Battle of the Camel.

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Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam was the disciple of the Prophet 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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