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.
It's raining heavily here... I hope it's not raining tonight! After fajr prayer, the temprature is soooooo cold and windy .. I just wish that I could just sleep more... but hey, I have to drive 50 km north to a town call Sungai Petani...:'(
Just came back to the office...
Ten days before Eid, is the busiest time ever all over Malaysia..
All malls, shops and stalls are crowded with people shopping for Eid. Eid songs are everywhere... the roads are jammed with shoppers.
Tonight, it would be the 20th night of Ramadan right? So the houses and streets would be decorated with lights welcoming the angels to the earth as Lailatul Qadr (Night of Power) might be in any night of the final 10 days of Ramadan.
The kids (and some adults) would play the sparklers and firecrackers all night long - yeah... it sounds like a warzone, the only difference is that you could hear kids laughing with joy.
I pray to God, may all of us be blessed with Lailatul Qadr. Amin Ya Rabb!
How are you all doing? Very well elhamdulillah by the looks of things!!
Well yesterday I had a great day, cooked iftar for some friends there were six of us. I was cooking for 5 hours but it was worth every second they cleared all the food!!!
Here's what I cooked:
-Beef & vegetable casserole on couscous
-Fish pie with broccoli and cashew nuts
-Roast lamb cutlets in marinade
-Potato gratin (with garlic and cheese)
-Spinach, feta amd mozzarella cheese briouates
-Banoffi pie
Also had melon and dates and some lemon slices i bought etc.
Well it was lovely.....there was actually very little waste elhamdulillah i hate wasted food.
Here's what I cooked:
-Beef & vegetable casserole on couscous
-Fish pie with broccoli and cashew nuts
-Roast lamb cutlets in marinade
-Potato gratin (with garlic and cheese)
-Spinach, feta amd mozzarella cheese briouates
-Banoffi pie
Oh wow... Can I come over next time? kay:
I spent about 2 hours cooking yesterday afternoon. This store nearby had a special on ground veal so I made meatballs. Basically, one dish was meatballs with tomatoes and zucchini (like a stew) and the other dish was Swedish meatballs. Lets just say that there is so much food that I had to freeze more than half of it! Not to mention that I still have some cabbage rolls left over from last week.
Either way, I have noticed that I am much more thankful for what I have and the opportunities I have (school, a job, I can provide for myself, family and friends in good health, food and drink, etc).
I've been reading the Qur'an, but not very quickly, I am just taking my time. But I did go to my first Halaqa on the weekend and would really like to return again. I had fun and the people there were really nice.
Ok, well I must get ready to go out for desert - I left a bit of space for it and am really looking forward to it.
Where has the month gone. I saw the moon last night and it is in it's last Quarter. Ramadan is no longer, a fast in front of me, it is now a time to look back over the past 21 or so days and reflect on if I havedone all I intended to do? was my fasting for the right intents? What should I have done that I have failed to do? Is there time to undo any errors or shortcomings that hindered my intents.
Alhamdulilah, today was one of the best days of Ramadhan for me. Me
and a couple of sisters came together to talk about Allah SWT and what inspired us to start practicing. It was amazing because everyone had something different and special to say. This one sister who is normally 'the quiet one' gave a beautiful talk about the reality of the Dunya and why our main focus should be on the Akhirah... May Allah SWT reward her with Jannah Firdaows ameen. I had Iftaar with my family when i got home it was a bit quiet with out dad (he's gone todo umrah - may Allah accept it from him)
Ibn Umar (Radhiallahu 'Anhum) said: Allâh's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) took me by my shoulder and said:
"Be in this life as if you were a stranger or a traveller on a path."
Oct 12 2007
Today was the last fast.. i have just opened MY fast.. i hope inshallah Allah will bless us all and make all our wishes come true. May allah forgive us all for our mistakes and guide us inshallah.Ramadhan went quickly, i hope i prayed enough for allah to help me inshallah. Today i went to uni, attended a lecture, prayed, went shoppin and came home to watch Geo TV which had Ramadan program on. it was nice.. Junaid Jamshaid was on it..
May Allah accept all our duas and may we be stronger and well prepared for the next Ramadan inshallah.
Eid mubarak to everyone..Remember me in your duas..
Im diabetic so i didnt fast. I tried for the first two days but it messed my sugar level so i stopped. I wanted to try to do it because no one else in my family is. i hate it, my mum made iftar and played the quran for like 3 days and then stopped.. no one around me is religious anymore i feel like everyone is abandoning it so they can suit their lives more towards modern living. Now that its eid i havent even had one family gathering its just all the same. My older brother and sisters cant even restrain from drinking in ramadan. Anyway i still prayed and im still trying to keep up with the schedule of praying and reading the qur'an, sorry for bringing down the mood i feel i need to let it out..
Im diabetic so i didnt fast. I tried for the first two days but it messed my sugar level so i stopped. I wanted to try to do it because no one else in my family is. i hate it, my mum made iftar and played the quran for like 3 days and then stopped.. no one around me is religious anymore i feel like everyone is abandoning it so they can suit their lives more towards modern living. Now that its eid i havent even had one family gathering its just all the same. My older brother and sisters cant even restrain from drinking in ramadan. Anyway i still prayed and im still trying to keep up with the schedule of praying and reading the qur'an, sorry for bringing down the mood i feel i need to let it out..
akhi..
you need to work with your endocrinologist and a dietician when attempting to fast.... there are many complications in diabetes and your doctor will be informed if you keep a log of such things as dawn phenomenon and the Somogyi effect, a dietician will focus on foods that are best for you in terms of sustaining your blood sugar and appropriate energy time release... and remember above all that Allah is watching and knows when someone is sick and someone just simply forgot about him...
I am sorry for the situation at home.. what can I say... houda is from Allah, else Abarahaem P would have been able to save his father, or Noah P his son or even prophet Mohammed P his uncle... it isn't up to us whom to guide.. we should only advise and make our intentions pure....
we are also your family here so don't be sad and don't feel alone and on top of everything don't feel down.. I love the Islam that is inside it is amazing that it leaves you wanting everyone around you to have the same sort of awakening...
May Allah yataqabal that good that is in your heart and guide your family and loved ones to the path of the righteous..
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
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