Salma (ra) and Ubaydullah ibn Abu Rafi (ra): A Legacy of Serving the Ahl al-Bayt | The Firsts

She was the midwife in the births of the Prophet ﷺ’s children and grandchildren.

This was just one of the unique ways that Salma (ra), a freed-slave and the wife of Abu Rafi al-Qibti (ra), served the Prophet ﷺ’s family.

And she raised her own son Ubaydullah ibn Abu Rafi (ra) to shine in Islamic history as a teacher of the Prophet ﷺ’s descendants.