Episode 179

Salma (ra) and Ubaydullah (ra): A Legacy of Serving the Ahlul Bayt | The Firsts | Dr. Omar Suleiman

About this lecture

In this episode of The Firsts, Dr. Omar Suleiman highlights the remarkable lives of Salma (رضي الله عنها) and Ubaidullah ibn Abi Rafi' (رضي الله عنه) — a midwife who delivered all of the Prophet's ﷺ children and grandchildren, and a son who rose to become a trusted scribe, scholar, and teacher to the greatest figures of the Ahlul Bayt. Together with her husband Abu Rafi', Salma exemplifies how a family once enslaved became so deeply woven into the prophetic legacy that their names are carried silently within hundreds of hadith narrations to this day.