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Sep 2022
1h 9m

Salman Al Farsi (ra): The Truth Seeker

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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Dr. Omar Suleiman talks about the journey of truth that took the son of a Zoroastrian chief from Persia, through the churches of Syria and Iraq, to eventually becoming one of the most beloved companions of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah.

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