Surviving My First Official Ramadan in a Christian Dominated Household?

sure akhi, go to the mosque.. make friends, let them teach you about tarwaeeh and break bread with them.. and when you come home you can browse the forum here, in shaa Allah, everyone will post a little something about Ramadan in their country or those who have gone to make umrah can keep us updated..

Ramadan is a good opportunity to start visiting the mosque. Go for it!

Do you live with your family/parents? And do they know that you have converted? If not, you might need to think how you can fast during the day without raising questions ...

I suggest going to the mosque once in a while to do your prayers with the other muslims. I think it will make you more "comfortable" with going to a mosque. As long as you are muslim don't see yourself as an "outsider" going to the mosque, your intention to go there is to pray to God. You will see that there are others like that as well!

You can also go on Fridays to join for Friday prayers. The first step is always the hardest but once it's behind you you'll realise that it wasn't that hard.

assalamu alaikum

inshAllah Allah will help you through this difficulty dear bro.

If you feel that being at home will cause you any discomfort then the mosques are always open to the muslims.

I suggest also you buy some Dates for when you need to break it at home. As for Sehri (eating just before fajr) then im sure your family will be asleep so it shouldnt cause too much complication.


and maybe your family wont even notice that your actually fasting

Waalaikumsalam,

Thank you so much, everyone, for your kind words and very good advice.

My family indeed knows that I am Muslim and they are very supportive of me. I love them dearly for that. I just wish they could see Islam like I do. I remember being scared to tell my mother last year that I've decided on Islam. She didn't understand it, but was supportive. I've also had members of my "family" stop talking to me after my conversion. But I pray the mosque will be open. I think there were renovations being done a while back to the mosque and I wanted to go there to pray Asr, but the gates were locked and no one was there. It's been open since, but I was feeling sick for a while. I feel better now and I think it's a good time for me to start attending the mosque and learning how to pray properly. I'm still used to the Christian ways of praying, though I don't pray to anyone but God.

I am actually looking forward to my first official Ramadan. I'm not terrified or anything in that nature. I just want to be ready. Thank you all, brothers and sisters. May all your Ramadans go well by the grace of God!

Peace and Blessings to all!

-Dwayne

may Allah makes it easy for u bro . As already suggested , try to visit mosque and make friendship with Muslims. InshaAllah u will be able to make use of holy Ramadan properly.

did not watch the videoes ; looks like can be encouraging for u .


American Ramadan: Official Move Trailer




http://americanramadan.com/trailer

Muslims in America fasting

This ramadhan i suggest you guys an easy task(earn good deeds)..... If you dont know how to do salaat or if u find difficult to learn arabic....
- Just do wudhu and sit in masjid(do dikhr or read quran english translation or read hadiths).... Alhamdulillah the experience will be cool and you will be getting the duas of malaikas who are there in the masjid as well


one more request ..try to use the word masjid ..instead of the english word... lets make that word masjid popular..

Wa Alaykum Assalaam Dwayne,

Congratulations on your conversion. I'm very happy to hear of your experiences with Islam and I hope your first Ramadhan will be wonderful Insha'Allaah.

In Ramadhan, Muslims gather for a special night prayer (called Taraweeh) in Masjids, where the Imam recites portions of the Qur'an each night, such that the entire Qur'an is completed by the end of the month. This is unique in Ramadhan, so it is an excellent time to attend the Masjid and appreciate the recital of the Qur'an in prayers, and also the atmosphere of many Muslims gathering for congregational prayer. Let us know how your experiences at the Masjid go Insha'Allaah. Looking forward to more of your posts.