1. "RE: OkayUmmah: Ramadan Check in" In response to Reply # 0
And you know thissssss, MAN!! I can't wait. It's time......For me, Ramadan is like New Years......The discipline and compassion I gain from fasting echos through to the next Ramadan.....Outta focus Ramadans......bring outta focus months until the next one...ya dig?
I'm finna jump into the Seerah and gang up on lectures by Hamza Yusef and Zaid Shakir.....They be rippin'... Purification of the Heart- PLEASE?!! Off da hook wisdom.
They just had a major Zaytuna Conference here in the Bay. I heard it was off da hook. Peep www.zaytuna.org for more info on Zaytuna and how they put it down. May Allah bless the global Ummah this Ramadan...we need the baraka...TAKBIR!! ALLAH U AKBAR!!
-Saracen
"There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man. True nobility comes from being superior to your old self." - Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
"There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man. True nobility comes from being superior to your old self." - Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
2. "Looking to add..." In response to Reply # 0 Tue Oct-22-02 05:18 PM
...another level of discipline this year. Since I've been doing the one meal a day thing (a la "How to Eat to Live"), I pretty much have the rudiments down pat, so every year I try to add another requirement to make it a real trial.
One year it was no red meat, which I stuck to. Then another year, it was no land meats (only fish and vegetables) which I hung with the following year, only to fall back :-/ The next year, it was no meat, which I hung with for about a month after :-/ --the power of the bird LOL.
Some years it's been stuff like, keep the room clean and the papers organized and filed away... or establish regular sleeping patterns... or no TV... or no radio... or limited spending on non-essentials.
Not sure what it's going to be this year. Anybody else add resolutions to your Ramadan experience? Anything ranging from reading the Qur'an in its entirety, attending all Salaat-ul-Tarawih, weight loss, reconnecting with long lost friends/family, saving money, giving a little more in charity, etc.?
4. "RE: NOOO DOUBT!!!!!!!" In response to Reply # 3
yeeep...check here.
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This will be my first ramadan away from my mom...@abdul..you must feel excititing..I now I was...actually I'm excited now..this is my favorite month of the year
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I'm fasting, have since I was 12. Unfortunatly, it's probably the only Muslim tradition I still observe. I do make it to friday prayerduring the month as well. I'm really looking forward to it too.
I will be observing saum! I look very forward to Ramadan this year!
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19. "Ramadan Kareem okayummah." In response to Reply # 0
First ramadan here in africa for a very long time,at least i won't have to worry about peops eating in my face all day while im fasting,plus the family tradition is to have fatoor under the big mango tree.Last ramadan my broke ass was eating mcdonalds,ALHAMDULILAH.
24. "RE: OkayUmmah: Ramadan Check in" In response to Reply # 22 Thu Oct-24-02 12:37 AM
yeah i listen to ta double l, pr double e....i am just dumbe struck about the backlash to the rest of us in this whole sniper junk...john allan muhammad? cant wait till the alternate sources get the whole story...ok humzaki and bashir was right..i never expected this.....s.a.d.
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I love Ramadan, this will be my forth...Inshallah. The first week of Tawareeh prayers are too hard LOL. Just think, in a few years Ramadan will be in the summer....Whoa!
29. "NOI been observing both since the mid-80s" In response to Reply # 27 Thu Oct-24-02 11:08 PM
The NOI has been observing both Ramadans--the Arabic month & the December one--since the mid-80s. Since '98 when the two coincided, the transition was made to observe the Arabic month and now the December one is optional.
December was chosen by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad because it was the month with the shortest days of the year, to introduce the fast with ease, and because of the Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Years season. According to Min. Farrakhan, by now the members of the NOI should have gotten that under control, and the December "Ramadan" should no longer be necessary.
Ramadan is a great time, the fasting of food part is easy for me, but the fasting of other things (temptation), is the harder part, which i've been working on for the last few ramadan's. Glad to see there are enough Muslims on the boards doing there thing! And for all those first timers, i'm gonna add ya'll in my prayers that you go through the month with ease!
31. "RE: OkayUmmah: Ramadan Check in" In response to Reply # 0
Asalaamu Alaikum.
This will be my second Ramadan that I will be fasting. I will be nursing so Im kinda nervous but looking forward to it. Insha Allah I will be able to do it.
32. "RE: OkayUmmah: Ramadan Check in" In response to Reply # 31
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36. "Everybody need to be!" In response to Reply # 0
Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).
everythings peace 'roun these parts. Actually today has been mad peaceful.
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