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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