Who is Arwa bint Harb?
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Arwa bint Harb ibn Umayya is the sister of Abu Sufyan and the wife of Abu Lahab. She is the one referred to in the noble verse: ﴿And his wife, the carrier of firewood, around her neck will be a rope of palm fiber.﴾
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