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Iyash Ibn Abi Rabi'a radiallahu tala'anhu

and he is the cousin of Amr al-Khattab radiallahu anhu.

So we're still people that we're close to Amr al-Radiallahu tala'anhu.

And Iyash radiallahu anhu is someone

who there are several verses of the Qur'an

that insha'Allah ta'ala by the end of this short lesson.

You'll have a greater appreciation for those verses

because so many of those verses are related to Iyash radiallahu tala'anhu.

Iyash is not only the cousin of Amr al-Khattab,

his full name being Iyash Ibn Abi Rabi'a Ibn Al-Murghira,

but he's also the half-brother of Abu Jahl.

He's the half-brother of Abu Jahl,

the Pharaoh of this Ummah, the Pharaoh of this Ummah,

and he specifically, his half-brother

through the same mother.

So both of them had the same mother

and Iyash radiallahu tala'anhu used to love his mother,

Subhanallah, imagine this mom

who has a companion as a son

and has Abu Jahl, the Pharaoh of the Ummah, as her son as well.

And Abu Jahl is the key persecutor,

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