He was present at the Pledge of ʿAqabah. Some have counted him among the six men who first met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (1). He fought at Badr and was martyred there. Their fourth brother is:
75 – Rifāʿah ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Rifāʿah al-Anṣārī *
A participant in Badr.
He is mentioned only by Ibn Isḥāq, while al-Wāqidī said, “That is not firmly established according to us.”
ʿAwf left descendants.
Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim said: I heard Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn say about the killing of Abū Jahl, “ʿAfrāʾ’s two sons dealt him the fatal blow, and Ibn Masʿūd finished him off.” (2)
In the narration of Ṣāliḥ ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, from his father, from his grandfather, the two who asked about him and killed Abū Jahl were Muʿādh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Jamūḥ and Muʿādh ibn ʿAfrāʾ (3), and this is the sounder version.