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Jun 2024
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Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (ra): Forgiving the ...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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For two decades he was a chief antagonist of the Prophet ﷺ, only to be forgiven and given a position of leadership for the sake of the greater cause. 
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