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Dec 2021
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Rayta Bint Al-Harith (ra): Poisoned on t...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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Rayta Bint Al-Harith is a woman we know very little about. She is one who embodies the struggle of those who died on their way to the promised land of Madinah. 
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