O Allah! safeguard me from Ramadan, safeguard Ramadan for me and accept it from me.
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Ramadan : Tasbeeh-e-Taraweeh
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Ramadan : Love Food Hate Waste
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As the month of Ramadan approaches, many Muslims will be determined to cut down on the food they waste.
“O children of Adam! Eat and drink freely, but do not waste for Allah does not love the wasteful.” [Surah Al A'raf 7:31]Prophet Muhammad said:
“Sufficient food for the son of Adam is enough to keep his back straight.”It is customary in Ramadan for people to share their food and give to the poor. Muslims need direction about how we can practically live the values of our religion. People need to change their way of thinking. The children of wealthy people need to take food to their less wealthy neighbours, instead of always expecting the poor to come begging to the rich. This is more dignified; and this is what my religion says. We also need to minimize wasting of food not just in the month of Ramadan, but throughout the year.
Picture Perfect : Preparation for Eid
Courtesy : http://i.iloveallaah.com/waiwnDo Shopping for Eid before Ramadan
Most of us do shopping for Eid on the last 10 days of Ramadan, which is a very crucial time for us on performing our Ibadah, since those days are the most important days where we can observe the Laylatul Qadr and earn a lot of reward.
So, instead of being bothered with the shopping stuffs, do shopping for Eid now and make yourself busy with lots of Ibadah on the last 10 days of Ramadan.
Picture Perfect : Moments from the Blessed month of Ramadan
Allah – the Most High – said:
“The month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance of the Criterion between right and wrong. So whosoever of you sights the crescent for the month of Ramadan, he must fast that month.” [Surah al-Baqarah 2:185]
Allah’s Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said:
“lslam is built upon five: Testifying that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and the Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the Prayer, giving the Zakah, performing Hajj to the House, and fasting in Ramadan.” [Related by al-Bukhari (1/48) and Muslim (no.16), from Ibn 'Umar radiallahu 'anhu.]
Ramadan, in this blessed month we can sense an increased feeling of unity and of being a single Ummah due to our fasting and breaking our fast collectively. We also feel an increased awareness about the state of affairs of the Muslims and of the hardships that they endure, because during the fast, a Muslim feels and experiences what his needy and hungry brothers and sisters feel, who are forced to go without food and drink for many many days. Indeed, the units of the Muslims – and their aiding and assisting one another – is one of the great fundamentals upon which the Religion of Islam is built, as Allah – the Most High – said:
“And hold fast altogether to the rope of Allah and do not be divided.” [Surah Ali-'lmran 3:103]
Allah – the Most High – also said:
“The Believers – men and women – and friends and protectors to one another.” [Surah Al Tawbah 9:44]
Ramadan is a time to increase our sense of unity and brotherhood, and our commitment to Allah and His Religion. And there is no doubt that this sense of unity necessitates that we all work together as required by Islam as sincere brothers in order to realize that which is of benefit to the Islamic Ummah and to establish the Islamic society that every Muslim aspirer for.
I bring you the few captured moments from the month of Ramadan, being observed around the world, across various man-created boundaries.
We ask Allah to grant us the ability to change ourselves for the better, during this blessed month, and not to be of there who are prevented from His Mercy and Forgiveness. Indeed He is the One who Hears and He is the One to Respond.
- Ramadan the month of Quran.
- Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said – “Umrah in Ramadan is like accompanying me on Hajj.”
- Officers of Malaysia’s Islamic authority use a telescope to perform “rukyah”, the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Teluk Kemang, south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 20, 2009. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar’s ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk.
- When we think of Ramadan, we think of dates. Although they are small in size, one bite of them has the ability to fulfill the hunger of a fasting person. They are rich in flavor and for something so small their sweetness is surprising. The tradition of breaking one’s fast is with a date and some water. When we hear the Adhaan (the call to prayer) of Maghrib (the sunset prayer), our body longs to eat a date. As one nibbles ever so slightly savoring each bite of the date, we thank Allah from the bottom of our heart for giving this to us. Food just tastes so much better when you know you’ve earned it.
- God’s name captured in a ray of light just prior to the start of Ramadan. Photo taken in Manassas, Virginia.
- A Palestinian boy plays with a sparkler on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City.
- A Bahraini man points skyward at dusk Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Hamad Town, Bahrain, towards where a slim crescent moon should be visible to indicate the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a time of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. Clouds hampered skywatchers in the Persian Gulf island nation.
- A Musaharati, dawn awakener, strikes his drum to wake observant Muslims for their overnight ‘sahur’, last meal, before the day’s fast in Sidon’s Old City in southern Lebanon just before dawn August 11, 2010.
- A young Palestinian Muslim girl walks in an alley of Jerusalem’s old city holding a traditional Ramadan lantern while celebrating with other children the announcing of the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, Aug. 10 2010.
- A Palestinian Muslim man decorates an alley of Jerusalem’s old city with festive lights in preparation for Ramadan on Tuesday, Aug. 10 2010.
- Traditional colorful fawanees medals hang in Ghorya, Cairo, Egypt on August 12 2010.
- August 11th 2010 marked the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan in North America. The Iftar meal is served on a table where a Canadian-Moroccan is getting ready to break the fast with some traditional food. The Muslim Diaspora is relying on new technologies to observe their Islamic duties in the Modern life.
- Ramadan’s Cannon is an old Egyptian tradition, where it announces the end of a day of Ramadan’s fasting on August 15th, 2010, in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt.
- Indonesian women pray during the first night of Ramadan in Jakarta on August 10, 2010.
- A mahya reading “Hold the fast. find good health” hangs between the minarets of the Ottoman-era Eminonu New Mosque in Istanbul August 12, 2010. Mahya, where dangling lights suspended between minarets spell out devotional messages in huge letters, are intended to reward and inspire the faithful who have spent the daylight hours fasting. Today just a handful of Istanbul’s mosques use Mahya, the phrases dictated by Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs.
- Indian Muslims take a break as birds fly around Firoz Shah Kotla Masjid after prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan in New Delhi on August 13, 2010.
- A Sudanese man reads the Quran on the first Friday of Ramadan in a mosque at Umdowan Ban village outside Khartoum, Sudan on August 13, 2010.
- A Muslim man places a chart which marks the times to pray on a wall during the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in the southern Spanish town of Estepona, near Malaga August 11, 2010.
- Flood-affected people break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in a camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Pakistani flood survivors, already short on food and water, began the fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday, a normally festive, social time marked this year by misery and fears of an uncertain future.
- Jim Otun of Fairfield, New Jersey uses his iPad to read a dua in the Quran at Zinnur Books in Paterson, New Jersey.
- A Palestinian vendor displays traditional pastries in his shop in the West Bank city of Nablus on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan August 12, 2010.
- Palestinians struggle at an access point as food rations are given out by an Islamic charity on the second day of the month of Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010.
- A man prays during Ramadan Jummah prayer at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C. on August 13, 2010.
- Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand Mosque, with the Makkah Clock in the background, on the second day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Makkah August 12, 2010. The giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam’s holiest city Makkah 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.
- Muslims attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java Indoneisia.
- Muslims attend Friday prayers on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Beijing, China.
- 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.
- A Muslim woman prays at the Istiqlal mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta.
- A Muslim man sits before breaking his fast on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Agartala, capital of India’s northeastern state of Tripura.
- A Muslim man arranges bowls of a traditional dessert called kheer for sale outside a mosque before the evening prayers on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Muslim family eats, breaking their fast in a giant tent on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey.
- A man arrives for the evening prayers of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at Merkez mosque in Duisburg, Germany.
- A child stands among worshippers attending prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at Al Maerkaz Al Islami mosque in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- A cannon fires as part of the ceremony that ends the second day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside Jerusalem’s Old City.
- Muslims at the Kaaba, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
- Thousands of Muslims gather in the Grand Mosque, in Islam’s holiest city of Makkah and home to the Kaaba (center), as they take part in dawn (fajr) prayers on August 29, 2010, to start their day-long fast during the holy month or Ramadan.
- Iftar at Prophet’s Mosque
- Taraweeh prayers in a mosque during Ramadan 1431.
- Roof of Haram during Ramadan at the Prophet’s Mosque.
- People visit Jannatul Baqi during the month of Ramadan.
- Iftar time inside the Prophet’s Mosque.
- Iftar time at the Prophet’s Mosque.
- Iftar time at the Prophet’s Mosque, Day 18.
- A man reads the Noble Quran at the Prophet’s Mosque during Ramadan.
- Iftar time at the Prophet’s Mosque.
- A rainy day in the month of Ramadan at the Prophet’s Mosque.
- Thousands of Muslims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city of Makkah, taking part in dawn (fajr) prayers on August 29, 2010.
- A Muslim boy takes a nap during evening prayers called Tarawih at Mosque of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Tripoli, Libya.
- A crescent moon is seen behind the King Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in Amman, Jordan.
- Ramadan in the Old Jeddah. In this place, Saudi traditional food are sold just in Ramadan for one month.
- Ramadan in Kuwait.
- A man making ablution (wudhu) to offer prayers in a mosque.
- A rainbow is seen as a Palestinian sprays water on Muslim worshipers leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to cool them off as the temperature rises, following the second Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
- An Iraqi baker prepares sweets for the holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq.
- A Musaharati, dawn awakener, lights up a lantern before touring the streets with his drums to wake observant Muslims for their overnight ‘sahur’, last meal, before the day’s fast in Sidon’s Old City in south Lebanon just before dawn.
- A young girl offering dua.
- A muslim woman takes in the sunrise at the side of a mass prayer in the desert at Parangkusumo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- M.U.S.T Mosque, in 6th of October city, near Cairo, Egypt. The mosque gets decorated like this every year and the lights shine for the entire 30 nights of Ramadan, showing a beautiful piece of architecture.
- Muslims pray during Ramadan at Ottawa Mosque, Ottawa, Canada.
- A top view from the minaret of Al Azhar mosque showing two people entering the mosque to pray on August 14th, 2010 in El Sakakeny, El Zaher, Cairo, Egypt.
- A young Muslim boy passes his free time while waiting for Iftar at Al-Kautsar, Javanese Muslim Community, located in the Commewijne district in Suriname, South America. Suriname imported Javanese Muslim contract workers from Java, Indonesia 150 years ago after the abolition of slavery during its Dutch-controlled colonial period.
- Muslims in Southern California listen to cleric Yasir Qadhi speak in between portions of the Qiyam-ul-Layl (Night Vigil Prayer) on Saturday, August 4, 2010 in Irvine, California.
- A food bazaar in Malaysia during month of Ramadan.
- Worshipers are pictured trough the wooden partition which separate the muslim women from the men during the Friday pray of the holy month of Ramadan at Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
- A Muslim worshiper is seen in the Eyup Sultan mosque during the Friday prayer during the holy month of Ramadan on August 21st, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- A man raises his hands in supplication right before the fast is about to open, in Pomona, California.
- Muslim women offer afternoon prayer at a temporary musholla (praying area) in a community festival in Jakarta, Indonesia on Augiust 28th, 2010.
- Ramadan sparks American Muslims to increase their acts of charity by giving away free school bags to several communities in New York, USA on Sunday, August 29th 2010.
- Worshipers are waiting for the beginning of the Friday prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on August 20th, 2010.
- A man prays in Al Sultan Hassan mosque in Cairo, Egypt on August 20th, 2010.
- Big man in life before breakfast, reading a Quran at a mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on August 25, 2010.
- Salatul Fajr on the beach event in Cocoa Beach, Florida in August of 2010. The man is making sujood at the time of sunrise.
- Sheikh Hassan al-Karbalai (center) leads the congregation in ziyarat prayer at the Ahlul Bayt Mosque on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn, New York on August 19th, 2010.
- Food sellers in Bendungan Hilir market, Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 29th, around 4 PM. People usually buy many kind of cakes, foods, beverages to break their fast later during Maghrib time. This seasonal market happens only once a year, during Ramadan month.
- A Turkish Muslim boy is praying in the New Mosque in central Istanbul, Turkey during the Month of Ramadan on August 12th, 2010.
- A small kid smiles at me during the late Friday prayer at the Ramadan at the Al Amine mosque in Beirut, Lebanon.
- A young boy prays Salat, the obligatory prayer during Ramadan in Toronto, Ontario.
- A Syrian Muslim girl stands at the top of Mount Qassioun, which overlooks Damascus city, during sunset and prays before eating her Iftar meal on August 22, 2010.
- Children run around inside the premises of Jama mosque after Friday afternoon prayers in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
- A Palestinian woman’s shadow is seen on a wall as she waits while attempting to cross the Kalandia checkpoint in order to go pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
- An Indian Muslim perfumer selects a bottle of ather (non-alcoholic perfume) for customers at his shop in Hyderabad on August 17, 2010. Muslims apply ather to their clothes as a traditional custom before going for daily prayers during the Holy month of Ramadan. Hyderabad is a well known place for selling Ather some 157 varieties of perfume available on the market.
- A Palestinian Muslim man reads from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on “fajr” or early morning prayer, during Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.
- A child sits with a plate of food that was distributed as part of the holy month of Ramadan, at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.
- The shadow of a Palestinian Muslim praying at “fajr” or early morning prayer is cast on a pole, during the month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.
- Muslim men pray before Iftar, the evening meal in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the London Muslim Centre on August 18, 2010 in London, England.
- An Afghan confectioner holds a traditional sweet for Iftar, the evening meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- An Indian worker dries Seviiyan – thin vermicelli – which is used for the preparation of “sheerkhorma”, a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan at a food factory in Hyderabad on August 16, 2010.
- Some 200 Muslims, inmates of the Quezon city jail in suburban Manila, are seen through a fence praying at the prison courtyard on August 13, 2010. The large Muslim minority in the Philippines – a country home to 75 million Catholics – is observing Ramadan, the holy fasting month of Islam.
- Indonesian chefs make miniature chocolate mosques for sale during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a chocolate shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
- A member of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue, lower left, participates in an Iftar, the evening meal when Muslim break their fast during Ramadan, August 17, 2010 at Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia. The Islamic center invited frontline responders for Ramadan dinner to show appreciation and foster increased understanding.
- Egyptians buy fruits at a shop in downtown Cairo on August 20, 2010 during Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan. Egyptians have been complaining from shortages of basic services during Ramadan, which began the first week of August amid sweltering summer temperatures.
- A Pakistani volunteer pours milk into glasses for devotees to break their fast during Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.
- The crescent moon is seen near mosques in old Cairo on the fifth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 15, 2010.
- Muslim girls offer prayers before having their Iftar (fast-breaking) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at a madrasa on the outskirts of Jammu on August 21, 2010.
- A Palestinian boy plays with a homemade sparkler after breaking his fast during Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010.
- An Indian Muslim vendor prepares food at a roadside stall in preparation for Muslims breaking their fast at sundown in Mumbai, India on August 19, 2010.
- The Dome of the Rock, or Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, one of the holiest sites in Islam, is seen on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem through festive lights for Ramadan.
- Palestinian vendors prepare trays of sweets for Ramadan, in a shop in the West Bank city of Nablus.
- Pakistani women line up for subsidized sacks of flour provided by the government for the holy month of Ramadan.
- Muslims shop for Iftar, the sunset dinner that breaks the fast at Chalk Bazaar, the traditional Iftar market in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Muslim men break their fast at a mosque in the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah.
- Muslim children pray at a mosque during the month of Ramadan in Manila, in the Philippines.
- Kashmiri Muslim offer prayer on a street in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Jordanian workers make qatayef, a pancake-like shell filled with nuts or sweet cheese, fried in oil or baked, then dipped in sugary syrup in Amman, Jordan.
- Indonesian Muslim children parade during a ceremony called Prayer for the Country to welcome the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Egyptian women walk past paper lanterns used as decorations during Ramadan, on a street in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
- An Iraqi baker prepares sweets for the holy month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq.
- An Egyptian man makes a traditional dessert known as kunava, which is popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a shop in Cairo.
- A Yemeni therapist applies Kohl to the eyes of a youth, in line with local tradition on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan at a Zaidi (Shiite) mosque in Sanaa’s Old City.
- A vendor of headscarfs waits for customers in the 4th day of Ramadan at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- A taxi driver reaches for a glass of apple juice after sunset in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- A Palestinian woman walks near the Lion’s Gate in Jerusalem’s old city where traditional festive lights are displayed ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
- A Palestinian potter engraves the expression in Arabic Ramadan Karim as he puts the final touches to a clay lantern at his workshop in Gaza City.
- A man takes a nap in between prayers at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- A man prays at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, Iraq.
- A Kenyan child reads verses from the Quran on the fifth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a Madrassa in Nairobi.
- A boy sells dates in Amman, Jordan.
- A boy holds candy in his hand as he reads the Quran in a mosque during Ramadan, in Amman, Jordan.
- A Palestinian Muslim worshiper walks in an alley of Jerusalem’s Old City, on her way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the third Friday of Ramadan on Aug. 27, 2010.
- Palestinian women walk past a barrier at an Israeli-controlled checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.
- Kashmiri Muslims pray on a street on the third Friday of Ramadan, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010.
- Open doors, open minds: Emiratis and expats share an Iftar and talk about Islam and about the things that make us different and the things that make us all same – at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding, in Dubai on September 3rd, 2010.
- Halal lamb meat cooking for Iftar in the month of Ramadan in the Chechen family of students living in Malaysia, September 5th, 2010.
- Little girls prepare to break their day-long fast at the Islamic Center in Wayland, Massachusetts on September 4th, 2010.
- A steel bucket containing “Aloo ki subji” (curry made of potatoes and varied spices) to be served along with “Kachori” (deep fried patties, made with white flour, ghee and water, stuffed with spiced mashed vegetables or pulses) in preparation for iftaar during Ramazan. Green chillies can be seen floating on the top, along with the tip of a ladle to serve the dish with. Photo taken at Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India on September 4th, 2010.
- An elderly husband and wife read from the Quran together near Orlando, Florida on September 5th, 2010. Along with prayers, reading from the Quran is especially emphasized during the last ten days of Ramadan.
- An Indian Muslim vendor separates the seeds of a pomegranate at a roadside stall in preparation for Muslims breaking their fast at sundown in Mumbai, India on August 19, 2010.
- A young American Muslim puts his hands together to offer prayer on the last Friday of Ramadan, moments before Iftar, the evening meal when Muslim break their fast during Ramadan. Al-Farooq Masjid in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Every year, during Ramadan, especially when it’s almost come to its end, the longest bazaar of all will happen in Kuala Lumpur. this bazaar covers the whole alley of Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. Items sold are mostly for the preparation for the coming Syawal. The crowds are never ending. The photo was taken from a rooftop parking lot on a nearby complex.
- Workers were mixing the Dodol Betawi (Betawi traditional cake) in the village of Dodol Betawi maker, Kalibata, Jakarta on September 2nd, 2010. As the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday dodol demand increased to six times higher than normal days and the price rose to Rp. 60-100 thousand each pack.
- A mother adjusts her daughter’s headscarf before a prayer on the occasion of Eid al-Adha at Jakarta’s largest mosque.
- Happy Eid al-fitr 2010. Picture taken in Jeddah Saudi Arabia for Eid prayer.
- Eid al-Fitr prayers in Italy.
- Eid al-Fitr Prayers in Russia 2010.
- Eid al-Fitr Prayers in Russia 2010.
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