Lineage of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him): al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam bin Khuwaylid bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy bin Kilab bin Murrah bin Ka'b bin Lu'ayy bin Ghalib bin Fihr bin Malik; his kunyah was Abu Abdullah, and his mother Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) was the paternal aunt of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)