Ramadan 1433H Post #03

And every year, especially during this Ramadan month, i learn (and re-learn) to be grateful with what i have.. because really, not everyone has it easy.. and then you realise, how really, really fortunate you are.. that all your complains, your whinings, can never, ever compare to theirs.. the fact that i have a family, to go home to, to iftar with.. alhamdulillah..

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"My family - aside from my 8 y/o brother  (Alhamdulilah for His guidance), don’t believe in Islam.
When I break fast, I break fast alone.
When I make suhur, I make suhur alone.
When I pray, I pray alone.

Everyone else celebrates with their families. They talk about the family activities they are doing. They talk about the special “Ramadan food” their mom cooked.
They talk about eating Iftaar together with their family.

It’s a month where I realise more than ever that my own family doesn’t believe.
It’s a month where I realise the differences more and more.

I suppose I can’t handle watching everyone else post about how happy they are with their families.
Not because I resent any of you the happiness you experience, but rather because it makes me realise that,
I can’t have that with my own family."

(via salamseeker)

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may Allah grant ease for her.. insyaAllah..

of Friday prayers

Narrated by Abu Huraira, the Prophet s.a.w. said,

"When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumaa prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutbah"

[Bukhari]

 

every Friday, i envy the men.

 

Friday prayers in Kazakhstan

(via lordsfavors)

i sooo cannot imagine praying in such cold, freezing weather.

brrrr..

 #gratitudefriday

Ramadhan 1432H post #6

#Somalia

Somalis from southern Somali pray outside their makeshift shelter during Ramadan, at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug, 6, 2011.

(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Ramadhan 1432H post #5

Let's be thankful today that we can fast without having to hide it from anyone.

Because some people don't have it that easy.

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"Even though my family knows I converted to Islam I am still hiding my fasting. Alhamdulillah! I’ve fasted every day so far without them knowing!

Working makes it super easy to keep from breaking my fast. I make my “lunch” the night before and I eat that for suhoor the next morning. Then I take the empty containers with me to work so that when I get picked up for work it looks like I ate my lunch at work. Our family usually eats super late so its not hard to make iftar on time. I offer to cook dinner a lot this month too.

Sundays are going to be more difficult because my family usually likes to cook something special and eat it pretty early in the day. At least earlier than we do on non “special” days. Its special because its church day. Anyways this Sunday my prayers were answered and it was made easy! We didn’t go to church because my mom had a really bad toothache and didn’t get any sleep the night before. Alhamdulillah I appreciate any break from church I can get. So I didn’t eat at all and around 4 my sister started talking about dinner so I talked her into watching her favorite movie with me. That killed two hours. I stalled the last two hours by “helping” her cook dinner. Or basically taking a one hour job and dragging it out to a 2 hour job.

Alhamdulillah please make dua’a that the next 3 weeks can be as easy as this week was, insha’Allah."

I <3 Ramadan :]

 

(via perica786)

Ramadhan 1432H post #4

Reading about someone who is not a Muslim but wants to actually try practice the religion, somehow touched my heart. :)

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"I’m not muslim. I know very little of the religion. But this month I’ll be participating in Ramadan and learning as much as I can about the religion. This will include reading the Quran from start to finish. I’m not sure if practicing this will be a slap in the face to “true” Muslims due to my lifestyle choices but I firmly believe that this practice is a great opportunity to gain self discipline and humility.

I’ve never been a huge fan of religion despite the importance my dad pounded in my head. I went to church like most children but I guess the lord’s word never spoke to me. However I was well aware what Christians thought were abominations translated by my father: Homosexuals and Muslims.

There’s a mosque two minutes from our neighborhood. Every Friday I remembered heavy traffic around the church making it impossible to get in the neighborhood. There were even police to direct the chaos because so many people attended. It was notoriously known as Muslim Friday or Raghead Friday by all the high school kids caught in the traffic on their way home to start the weekend. I always associated the religion with racial slurs and terrorism. In fact, when the mosque was developing over the years my dad would drive by and call it the satan worshiper church. He truly believed that they didn’t believe in god and “if you don’t believe in god, you believe in Satan”. My how Christianity is often construed with a selfish and jealous deity!

Anyways, this post is not about my lack of faith and the reason why I don’t practice a religion. I guess I’m keeping a record of how this experience goes for me. I also want to inform my friends and family that every religion can be beautiful one if we step away from the ignorance. ..."

(via thirdtry)

Ramadhan 1432H post #3

This definitely gave me goosebumps.

"The Earth becomes silent for an eternity as your foot pain subsides and the whispers of a million believers rises above."

(via calabazamia)

panjatkanlah syukurmu kepadaNya

Rasul Allah (SAW) said: “Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his, and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer: For if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (Allah), thus there is good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (enduring it patiently), there is good for him in it.” 

[HR Muslim]

A Muslim is thus truly blessed, regardless of the circumstances of his/her life. A non-Muslim considers himself fortunate only if he is healthy, wealthy, happy and more.
But a Muslim is lucky all the time.

This is because he/she is accruing reward for Jannah whether they are healthy or terminally ill, prosperous or needy, relaxing in palaces or rotting in jails. This is indeed a unique favour of Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) to his pious servants. Just remember and turn to Allah always.

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are you racist?

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Ramadhan post #17

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Ramadhan post #15

Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, with the Mecca Clock in the background, on the second day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca August 12, 2010. The giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam’s holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia that it will become the Muslim world’s official timekeeper.

(REUTERS/Hassan Ali)

via (The Boston Big Picture)

just feels weird seeing a skyscraper in Mecca.
or maybe it's just me.

Ramadhan post #4

Thousands of Palestinians flocked towards the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to attend prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan. But, as is often the case, many were not allowed -by the Israeli authorities- inside to pray. (AlAqsa mosque last night)

(via palestina)

Ramadhan post #2

Really like watching his videos. He's hilarious! This is one on Ramadhan..

Enjoy.. :)

Ramadhan post #1

A Pakistani Muslim arranges food stuff for Iftar, a time to break the fast, on the first day of Ramadan, as a child looks on at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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