format_quote Originally Posted by
Daffodil
as in the english culture wen ppl say come down to my house they tend to mean, ring me to make an appointment and even then only come for five mins etc.
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your comment there made me laugh cos its soo true. Well with the english friends i know anyways. With my own people or other muslims as well, if some says come down, expect to be there for many hours ;D
p.s welcome back sis. I hope the little one is alright inshallah and brigtening up your day :)
Fish: You know the idea of some of my muslim bros and sisters being lonely at this partcilaur time of the year is one that gets me down because the buzz at this time of year is soo good and its great spending time with muslims. Its like the feeling that your family might get during christmas day, but for a whole month! :)
I definatly think you should go to the masjid as much as you can and spend the time with your muslim friends. Also, as sis daffodil said, get your own family involved. This is a great way of doing dawah to them and introducing them to islam, so by sharing ramadan with your family, inshallah your bringing your family closer together and they would be expriencing something new. Maybe you could see if you could all fast together for a week or so, that way you have your whole family expriencing it all and they could even come mosque with you!
I've had a few of my non muslims friends fast for a few days during ramadan, just out of curiosity and wanting to exprience something different and whilst they found it a bit hard, they throughly enjoyed the exprience.