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Sep 2024
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Hakim ibn Hizam (ra): When Money Stops M...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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The nephew of Khadijah (ra) and a core figure in the decade prior to the Prophet ﷺ receiving revelation. He held out on Islam because of his worldly focus, yet eventually embraced Islam and a new focus on the hereafter. 
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