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Aug 12
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Ubaydullah ibn Abbas (ra): The Rich Litt...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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He wasn’t a scholar like his brother, but he found his own way to serve.

While Abdullah ibn Abbas (ra) became one of the greatest scholars of Islam, his younger brother Ubaydullah (ra) chose a different path: business, generosity, and support.

In this episode, discover how Ubaydullah turned his wealth into a means of sustaining knowledge, feeding the ummah, and earning reward alongside the scholars, all without taking center stage. His story is a powerful reminder that there’s more than one way to serve this religion.

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