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Sep 2020
47m 33s

Lubaba Bint Al-Harith: The First Woman A...

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There is possibly no woman or man through whom the Seerah flows like Lubaba. She is a part of everyone’s story, but her own story deserves its own reverence. The first woman after Khadijah, and the great Aunt of the Ummah.

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