we should be able to view the first crescent this evening and Ramadan will begin for us here in Austin. My grandchildren are looking forward with much anticipation. My grandson intends to fast partially during the School days and full fast on weekends. He is 8 years old. My grand daughter age 7 will fast on the weekends. The rest of us will do a full fast, health permitting.
Let us try to post a little something about what we each are doing as words of encouragement for each other and for us to share the Blessings of this Holy Month.
Today is a busy day. My son-in-law is bringing some of his co-workers home with him to break fast with us this evening. My daughter is busy in the kitchen cooking up all kinds of good stuff. The kids are busy cleaning house. I'm here posting.
Had Iftar with other muslim brothers in a jamaat mashallah. Prayed nearly all my prayers in Jamat too, & inshallah will pray Isha & Tarawih in Jamat too.
May Allah give us all the ability to make the most of this blessed month.
This is my second Ramadan and it feels so good to fast again. I have been reading a part of the Qu'ran each day and trying to keep myself busy throughout the day. I wish all of you the best. Ramadan Mubarak!!!
This Ramadhan is definitely different from all others I had. My husband is doing his Omra and for the first time in ten years of marriage, we're apart. He's a very righteous and soft-hearted man. When others would react violently or excessively, he chose to be very patient with me. That was the right strategy indeed. I can be such a hard-headed woman. I'm rooting to his come back so that he sees the different woman I have become.
This is my first Ramadan and I am so happy fasting is a lot easier than i expected , elhamdulillah. Because i work full time its the tiredness that gets me more than anything since Tarawih prayers finish in the mesjid at around 11pm and it takes me an hour to get to and from the mesjid so home at midnight , then up at 4.15 for suhoor back to bed at 6 after fajr and reading Quran and up again at 8. My epilepsy which is triggered by tiredness has not made an appearance at all Elhamdulillah! I slept through suhoor and fajr last night i was just so tired and when i woke up this morning considered not fasting the day. Then i remembered all the poor starving children in this world who dont eat for days on end and I decided to stop babying myself . Sometimes i disgust myself . Well SubhanAllah i have had iftar (approx 7.45pm) today and yesterday at two other people's houses since I am a revert living with Christian friends its great to be around muslims in this month especially at Iftar. And although i can't understand arabic and Quranic passages the imam recites in Tarawih unless i know the surah, i am still feeling very peaceful and happy to be there and just to be standing in rows of people praying reminds me of the surah Saffat (Those ranged in Ranks)
"Was saffati saffan, Faz zajirati zajran, Fat tali yati dhikran, Inna ilahakum la Wahid, Rabbus samawati wal ardi wa ma baynahuma wa Rabbul mashariq"
" By those who range themselves in ranks, And so are strong in repelling evil, And thus proclaim the Message of Allah!, Verily verily your God is One!, Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all between them and Lord of every point at the rising of the sun!"
It brings a tear to my eye to see the rows of people like an army for Allah swt MashaAllah, may Allah swt forgive us all.
well..i woke up a few hours ago...i dnt feel anything at the moment...i must sincerely say that the hardest part of fasting for me is the inability to use toothpaste while brushing teeth...argggg...i hate it..im one of those, brush ur teeth after eevery meal sor of person...anyways...
there are quite a few hours left for iftar...my mother is giving a large dinner at this place for like 100ppl tonite...i need to help out...its not gna be fun watching all that food get ready...
oh..and lets hope my lil bro hangs in today...
peace.
"'Cause I hear the whispered words
In your masterpiece beautiful
You speak the unspeakable through
I love you too"
A crazy hectic day this was.. today we had guests (my extended family) and their children.. my niece and nephew were both fasting.. for a 7 and a 10 year old I commend them..though, they have driven me around the bend and there was positively no room to escape ..I thought about the plant pot to hide but I knew I couldn't fit in there.. Anyhow to give them some direction, I decided we should play clue.. in hopes it would get them to sit down and stop making noise.. but then my sis dropped off my two year old niece, so she could do some last minute shopping... so no board game, instead a zoo...
I got out my binoculars so we could take turns looking at boats... and that didn't go well either as each of them wanted to hog it...
The hours seemed to go rather slow and long today.. The weather was changing and I felt a little chill while reclining on the couch.. it was great.. knowing autumn is approaching ( I love cashmere wraps and could see myself sandwiched in one for a brief moment ) but I digress... eventually my sis and hubby showed up 4 minutes before break fast..I knew I was going to sit at the kiddie table.. I didn't mind.. we had salad and soup for starters which the kids loved and wanted seconds, but there were no seconds to be had.. I couldn't concentrate on food since the littlest niece was completely neglected in the process and I wanted her to have something in her tummy, All she had all day was a sippy cup of milk...we also had grape leaves... some squash in Béchamel sauce , green bean casserole.. chicken, steak and lamb... .. the soup and salad were really my favorite... my mom also made tart and this middle eastern desert called 'ata'yef' I have never been fond of it.. it is filled with nuts and fried.. I don't like fried anything, but it was a big hit with everyone else... my mom packed everything in zip lock bags to give our guests... my sister brought dates and cakes.. which is what I really wanted to have with my coffee but ended up having the home made tart instead... eventually the men left to make tarawee7 at the mosque... and I was just so glad this day came to an end.. we'll be having left overs for a week.. but I look forward to that along with some peace and quiet ...
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Today was a tiring and good fast, but it was very hard to get through. I woke up at around 11 am and then I went back to sleep unintentionally missing Dhur. I woke up and then immediately prayed and then I passed time on the internet. At around 5 o'clock my grandmother came over and we had iftaar with her -- but I had it in my father's room, there wasn't enough space for all of us. kay: Anyway, as I was trying to pass time for iftaar I read Surat Yunus, Yusuf, and Had. Masha'allah they were eye-openers. A little afterwards I studied for a test I have the next day and now I'm still kind of hungry. My grandmother is leaving back for London. Insha'allah I will get to see her again.
Just finished praying Esha and about to go to bed. I'm not looking forward to tomorrow - going back to school and wasting my time staring at the teachers surrounded by those people when I could be home reading the Quran and praying. School gets in the way. Heading to bed now - gonna wake up in like 4 hours for seheri. After that, gonna get ready for school. I can't wait till this week is over so that I can relax at home again.
In The Name Of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
Fasting is going great Alhamdulilah. The only problem is juggling my school work, Taraweeh and my sister’s home school courses. I’m struggling to keep up with my university classes at this moment. I have exams coming up. Seems like the day goes by so fast. I can’t finish my work.
I have problems with women who come to the masjid during Taraweeh with their little children. These sisters do not pray, they just sit the in the back and chit chat while their kids make so much noise inside and outside the Masjid. It’s so frustrating to pray and concentrate with these commotions. If someone says anything to them they say we are being racist. They have no respect for the Masjid and for the people praying. May Allah forgive all of us. We can’t complain to the imam because he already warned us that if he hears any problem from the sister’s side this year he is going to take drastic actions. Every year we have the same problem. Last year a woman decided to bring her cat in the Masjid. Please makje Du’a for us.
Been fasting the last couple of days, it went OK elhamdulillah. But school! I feel I can manage at school when I'm there, but when I return home I ain't able to do anything, no homework or projects nad I've got masses of them, which is bad.
I feel during Ramazan I'm nevr able to manage my time well... I have to time do do things, but can't for whatever reason I don't know. Ya Allah help me. :X
I'm preparing to go to school now inshaAllah.
Have lots of other trouble going on too... Is it all my fault? Maybe. Everyone else says it is. All I know is fasting makes me forget everything else... I only think about if I'm hungry and when's iftaar.
InshaAllah I'll soon get back on track.
Selam aleykum.
“If only I had checked myself”
—
Guy who wrecked himself
True leaders don't create followers...
.... They create new leaders.
Sept 17 08:18 UK
ramadan has been good so far.. at times very challenging. i hope inshallah our duas come true inshallah. today i m going to uni inshallah , hopefully it will be a productive day.. i understand about not studying / finding it difficult to study and manage time in ramadan.. last year i remember not reali focussing in lectures.. likely to fall asleep in them :laugh: .. hey am not recommending it!
i hope inshallah allah makes us all strong throughout this blessed month inshallah
Someone asked about non-muslim accounts of Ramadan. Well, here I am !
This year, I decided to observe the fasting done in Ramadan. I got to see what someone fasting does (last year) and so this year, I thought I would give it a try myself. I have many reasons for my decision (religious, spiritual, self-bettering, personal tests, etc etc etc).
This is day #5 and so far, so good! I generally don't feel hungry, maybe just a bit thirsty and I am beyond paranoid about my breath!
I'm actually fighting off a bit of a cold in the meantime (I've been feeling a bit sick since day one: sneezing, scratchy throat, but it never materialises into a full-blown cold).
My only complaints:
1- I usually eat alone. I don't like eating alone - food tastes better when you share it with someone.
2- As a non-muslim, I don't get to celebrate Eid at the end of this month. :-(
But so far, it's a great experience and it makes me more thankful for what I have and I talk to God more often than before.
Someone asked about non-muslim accounts of Ramadan. Well, here I am !
This year, I decided to observe the fasting done in Ramadan. I got to see what someone fasting does (last year) and so this year, I thought I would give it a try myself. I have many reasons for my decision (religious, spiritual, self-bettering, personal tests, etc etc etc).
This is day #5 and so far, so good! I generally don't feel hungry, maybe just a bit thirsty and I am beyond paranoid about my breath!
I'm actually fighting off a bit of a cold in the meantime (I've been feeling a bit sick since day one: sneezing, scratchy throat, but it never materialises into a full-blown cold).
My only complaints:
1- I usually eat alone. I don't like eating alone - food tastes better when you share it with someone.
2- As a non-muslim, I don't get to celebrate Eid at the end of this month. :-(
But so far, it's a great experience and it makes me more thankful for what I have and I talk to God more often than before.
2- As a non-muslim, I don't get to celebrate Eid at the end of this month.
No my friend. You will be celebrating Eid with much more sincerity than some of us who call ourselves Muslim. Celebration of acknowledging the mercy and justice of Allah(swt) is not an act. It is an intent to recognize love of Allah(swt) and to be thankful for what He(swt) has given. You may not see yourself as partaking in the physical aspects of the Celebration, but your heart and intent will celebrate.
With that said, if you know any Muslim families, perhaps you can express your desire to share the joy of Eid-ul-Fit'r.
Another option, check with the Imam at any nearby Masjid. I am certain you will find yourself very welcome to come, observe and enjoy. No obligation and no strings attached.
I do not know why. But this morning I woke up with an overwhelming feel of joy and awareness of the beauty of creation. I watched the Sunrise, and saw the beauty of the planet Venus lighting the sky long before sunrise. Venus was shining so bright and so much like a guiding light as to what the day will bring. Venus was visible for long after daylight. I could not resist taking a picture.
Tomorrow morning I will try to take a picture before daylight while it is at it's brightest just before the break of dawn.
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i was just so tired and when i woke up this morning considered not fasting the day. Then i remembered all the poor starving children in this world who dont eat for days on end and I decided to stop babying myself . Sometimes i disgust myself 
. Well SubhanAllah i have had iftar (approx 7.45pm) today and yesterday at two other people's houses since I am a revert living with Christian friends its great to be around muslims in this month especially at Iftar. And although i can't understand arabic and Quranic passages the imam recites in Tarawih unless i know the surah, i am still feeling very peaceful and happy to be there and just to be standing in rows of people praying reminds me of the surah Saffat (Those ranged in Ranks)
kay: Anyway, as I was trying to pass time for iftaar I read Surat Yunus, Yusuf, and Had. Masha'allah they were eye-openers. A little afterwards I studied for a test I have the next day and now I'm still kind of hungry. My grandmother is leaving back for London. 
All I know is fasting makes me forget everything else... I only think about if I'm hungry and when's iftaar. 
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