Ramadan 1433H Post #04

another one of my favourite thing during Ramadan is of course the priceless pictures of people fasting all over the world.. :)

Street vendor plugs in decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP)

Muslim boys attend a mass prayer marking the start of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 20, 2012. (Reuters)

Chinese Hui Muslim boys waits in front of food as they wait to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Beijing, August 1. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

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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."

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may Allah grant ease for her.. insyaAllah..

Kaaba then & now

The Kaaba in 1910.

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The Kaaba now.

subhanallah.

Friday prayers in Kazakhstan

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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 #2

How people all over the world celebrated the start of Ramadhan.. :)

Here are 2 of my favourites..

Pakistanis pray before their Iftar (fast breaking) at the Dervesh Mosque in Peshawar.
[A Majeed/AFP]

Women in Jakarta attend a mass prayer session marking the start of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque.
[Supri/Reuters]

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world peace

"Imagine all the people living life in peace."

~ John Lennon ~

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terkenang nasib mereka di Cairo, Egypt.

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Ramadhan post #16

Day 11: Masjid Al Mu'mineen, Houston - Unfortunately, we had visited this mosque, but didn't have time to write a story about our experiences there. We'll get to it, one day.

Day 14: Denver, Colorado - The brilliant Shaikh Abu Omar gets irritated by how close my camera is to his face and sticks his tongue out in hopes of ruining the photo. If only he knew how he saved it.

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Above are 2 of my favourite photos from these 2 guys. :)

do check out their website. it's just awesome how they mosque-hop across all these states in the US. :)

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)

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

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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