Banū Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā
Descendants of Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Quṣayy. Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, the Prophet's ﷺ first wife, was from this clan (her father Khuwaylid ibn Asad was its chief). Also the clan of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām, the disciple-apostle (ḥawārī) of the Prophet ﷺ.
Father of Khuwaylid; eponym of Banū Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā. Maternal grandfather of Khadīja and great-grandfather of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām.
First wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and mother of all his children except Ibrāhīm. A wealthy and respected widow of Quraysh who employed Muhammad ﷺ as her trade agent and proposed marriage to him when she was 40 and he was 25 (c. 595 CE). The first person to accept Islam in 610 CE. The Prophet ﷺ never married another woman during her lifetime. She bore him 6 children: al-Qāsim, Zaynab, Ruqayya, Umm Kulthūm, Fāṭima, and Abdullāh (al-Ṭāhir / al-Ṭayyib). Died in the "Year of Sorrow" (ʿām al-ḥuzn, 619 CE), the same year as Abū Ṭālib. The Prophet ﷺ said of her: "By Allah, He has not given me anyone better than her. She believed in me when people disbelieved..." and Jibrīl conveyed Allah's greetings to her and gave her the news of a palace in Paradise.
Father of Khadīja bint Khuwaylid (Prophet's ﷺ first wife). Chief of Banū Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā. Died before the Battle of Fijār (c. 585 CE).
Among the first to accept Islam (4th or 5th male). Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ — his mother Ṣafiyya was the Prophet's ﷺ paternal aunt. Nephew of Khadīja (her brother al-ʿAwwām was his father). Married Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (sister of ʿĀʾisha). Father of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr (the counter-caliph in the Second Fitna). Killed shortly after the Battle of the Camel (36 AH).
Son of Quṣayy and ancestor of Banū Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā — Khadīja bint Khuwaylid's clan, and that of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām (the disciple-apostle of the Prophet ﷺ).