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EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 11 MIN

Salma (ra) and Ubaydullah (ra): A Legacy of Serving the Ahlul Bayt

from The Firsts · host Yaqeen Institute

She was the midwife in the births of the Prophet ﷺ’s children and grandchildren. This was just one of the unique ways that Salma (ra), a freed-slave and the wife of Abu Rafi al-Qibti (ra), served the Prophet ﷺ’s family. And she raised her own son Ubaydullah ibn Abu Rafi (ra) to shine in Islamic history as a teacher of the Prophet ﷺ’s descendants. 

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