USD$53 million), filming took place in Morocco, primarily in the cities of Marrakesh, Tangiers, El Jadida, Casablanca and Mohammedia.

The next scene comes with an exploration on Mecca of the caliph where he emotionally flashbacks to his own 18 year's life when he was a young boy working for his rude father Khattab ibn Nufayl.

The flashback perspective of Omar shows all the past story of his life from when he was a wrestler, a businessman and above all one of the leaders of the Quraish, and then to his life after his conversion into Islam being one of the closest companions of Muhammad and an immensely devoted believer, a brave inspiration for all the contemporary Muslims and a bold warrior in all the contemporary Islamic battles.

[30] The chief of MBC group Waleed al Ibrahim stated that, the drama would not aim at profits:[31] The dramatic work is not regarded from the profit or loss perspectives.Saudi producers, the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), said the series is the largest ever Arabic production, with 30,000 actors and a technical team from 10 countries who toiled 300 days to make the 31-part series.

[32] The director Ali said that building a replica of Mecca and the surrounding area was a challenge that faced him until he and the crew finally chose a location in Morocco.

[3] Two actors of this series, Hassan Al-Jundi and Muna Wassef, both acted (as Abu Jahl and Hind respectively) in the 1970s Arabic language film Al Risalah (الرسالة), the version of Moustapha Akkad's religious biopic The Message (a.k.a.

A nasheed or Arabic song praising Omar and describing a complete archive of the serial was featured after the scene of his assassination in the ending episode.

The nasheed, entitled "Salamun Alayka Ya Omar Al Faarouq", was sung by the Kuwaiti Quran reciter Mishary Al-Afasy.

[40] Saleh Al-Fawzan,[41] Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia (Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al Shaykh),[41][42] Al-Azhar University, Abdul Azīz bin Fahd,[43][44] Muhammad Al-Munajid, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[45] Saleh al-Maghamsi and many other Islamic scholars viewed the series negatively.

[41][42] Salman al-Awda,[47] Yūsuf al-Qaraḍawī, Yasir Qadhi,[48] Alī al-Sallabī and Khaled al-Musleh[49] viewed the series positively.

Besides, in the event of the battle of Yamama, the characters of the companions behind of Khalid bin Walid have been shown to give the slogan "ya Muhammada" (O, for Muhammad), which was a subject of controversy about historicity among some salafi clerics.

As for the role of Omar is one of the first tools of the weakness of the work technically where the strange cold performance and the rigidity of features and divisions of his face, even with events that require a human interaction natural and unchanging.

[55][56] According to the Sīrat, the Quraysh plan to assassinate the Prophet Muhammad before the Hijra, was delivered to the Qurayshi leaders by Iblis-Satan, in the guise of a man in a black robe.