Where Was I Before I Was Born? | Why Me? EP. 1 | Dr. Omar Suleiman's Ramadan Series on Qadar

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This story doesn’t start with you. It starts with Al-Lawh al-Mahfoodh, the sacred, preserved tablets that carry all of decree until the Final Hour. All of existence, our history, and our future, stored in one place. The darkness of the world, and all of its light. If all has been written, how do I have free will? Are my choices my own?

Captioning provided by Muhsen.

SOURCES:

Qur’an 111:1

Qur’an 30:50

Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 2642

Qur’an 7:172

Qur’an 55:29

Al-Hikam al-Ataa’iyyah 22:

مَا مِنْ نَفَسٍ تُبْدِيهِ إِلاَّ وَلَهُ قَدَرٌ فِيكَ يُمْضِيهِ

Not a breath will you take except that a decree of Destiny has made it go forth.

CAST:

Narrator Dr. Omar Suleiman

Hassan's Mother Safiyyah Saarah Khan

Hassan's Father Mohammed Momin Baig

Hassan Infant Suraya Salem

Hassan Age 2 Ibrahim Salem

Hassan Child Eesa Haadi Habeeb

Hassan's Paternal Grandmother Khadijah Sara Qasmi

Hassan's Paternal Grandfather Abdullah Moataz Ahmed

Hassan Teen Ammaar Ali

Hassan Adult Noaman Farooq

Hassan's Friend Siraj Mazin Vahora

Hassan's Friend Ali Khaled Nurhssien

Homeless Man Shaheer Naqvi

Hassan's Wife Dua Amnah Sultan

Umar the Tutor Issa Ghaleb

Hassan's Maternal Grandmother Ayesha Nabila Taufiq

Pre-existence soul Naveed Haque

Pre-existence soul Khaled Nurhssien

Pre-existence soul Moataz Ahmed

Pre-existence soul Sara Qasmi

Pre-existence soul Amnah Sultan

Pre-existence soul Muhammed Ayachi

Pre-existence soul Shumail Zaidi

Pre-existence soul Abrar Islam

Pre-existence soul Issa Ghaleb

Pre-existence soul Zeeshan Wahid

Pre-existence soul Mazin Vahora

Pre-existence soul Momin Baig

Pre-existence soul Noaman Farooq

Pre-existence soul Amnah Sultan

Pre-existence soul Saarah Khan

Pre-existence soul Sara Qasmi

Pre-existence soul Mariam Amjad

Pre-existence soul Irfa Sheikh

Note: Only vocals were used in the making of the soundtrack.

As we venture into the space of producing higher quality media, we’ve worked hard to make sure that our compliance with our religious ethics is not sacrificed. While Yaqeen has always produced vocals for our Ramadan series, this series was unique in that it also included the story of a family in the background. Our talented production team worked with our scholars to ensure that all actors were in proper hijab, and that all gender interactions were only by Mahrams in real life. We’re grateful to the team for its wonderful effort, and grateful to the families that agreed to participate.

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