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Mar 2025
14m 56s

Did Past Nations Fast Like Muslims Today...

YAQEEN INSTITUTE
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Fasting and prayer existed long before Islam, but not all nations preserved it. Who changed their way, and who kept the original fast? Dr. Omar Suleiman takes us back in time to nations past, their ways of worship, and the one prophet whose legacy we carry: Ibrahim (as). 
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