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May 2024
1h 19m

Amr ibn al-As (ra): From Rafah to Egypt

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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From his moments of opposing the Prophet ﷺ in practically every battle of Islam, and his seeking to remove the one place of refuge for the Muslims in Abyssinia, Amr (ra) doesn’t just turn a corner and embrace Islam, but he spreads it to Egypt and many places of the world including Gaza which weighs so heavily on us today. 
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