A community portal about Ramadan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The fourth pillar of Islam which is fasting is also called Ramadan – or Ramzan in several countries – and it is the ninth month of the Islamic...
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A community portal about Ramadan with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The fourth pillar of Islam which is fasting is also called Ramadan – or Ramzan in several countries – and it is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, established in the year 638. It is considered the most venerated, blessed and spiritually-beneficial month of the Islamic year. Prayers, fasting, charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month. God prescribes daily fasting for all able, adult Muslims during the whole month of Ramadan, beginning with the sighting of the new moon.
Eid al-Fitr, the festival of the breaking of the fast , begins with the sighting of the first crescent of the new moon of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. For the world's 1.4 billion Muslims, Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Traditionally, the 3-day Eid celebration begins on the morning after the crescent moon is sighted. However, the sighting of the Shawwal moon varies for different sects of Islam and in different... Read Full Story
Eid-noodles
The end of the Ramadan fast is traditionally marked with enthusiastic family feasting. What did you eat?
Eid al-Fitr – the festival that marks the end of Ramadan – traditionally begins with the sighting of the new moon, but for me it’s more often a sighting of a text message.
I was bracing myself for a last day of fasting and considering what I should eat for my final early-morning breakfast. Should I go for a sensible-but-boring porridge that I had stuck to all month... Read Full Story
In our world, we celebrate a lot of stuff. Sometimes, we just have parties for a really stupid reason - we just want to get drunk. That's how thing works today, we simply want to get drunk... ...but for some people, it's more than just getting drunk. Some people have reasons on why they celebrate what-they-celebrate. Let's take ordinary people as an example, when they get older, they have birthday parties. How about that? That's normal, and something that I could accept. But, there is another... Read Full Story
MayThe Prophets’s
Teachings Guide You
in Every Walk of Life
on the EID-UL-FITR
and Always.
Happy Ramzan. . .
R Rozay Rakho
A Allah sy daro
M Masjid ko jaoo
Z Zakat Doo
A Aamaal achy kro
N Namaz prho
& mujay dua main yaad rakho
A Glass ov Care
A Plate ov Love
A Spoon ov Peace
A Fork ov Truth and
A Bowl ov Duaas.
Mix wid spices ov QURAAN.
Enjoy Thiz Meal.
RAMADAN MUBARAK
I Want to Tell U Something
Bt It’s Secret
Please Do not Tell Any 1
I’m Sharing With U Only... Read Full Story
Preparation of Break fasting pic - taken from http://cache.eb.com/eb/ After I am publishing the post about All year Ramadan Calendar , I noticed there is visitor who came to my blog through google using keywords such as “ time to eat in Ramadan “, “ time to eat and drink in Ramadan “, “ exact time to eat in Ramadan “, “ When can they eat dring ramadan ?”, “ When can you eat during ramadan ?”, “ What time do you eat at ramadan ?”, “ When can they eat during Ramadan ?”, “ What time do you eat... Read Full Story
HOBOKEN, N.J., Sept. 20 (UPI) --
Muslims in the United States and abroad said they celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr, which marks the end of a month of fasting, on Sunday.
Sajjad Aziz of Hoboken, N.J., told CNN that Eid al Fitr represents a three-day celebration of the end of Ramadan, a traditional Muslim month of fasting, that includes elaborate feasts, charitable acts and family gatherings.
said Aziz, a Muslim.
While the Muslim celebratory holiday was celebrated on... Read Full Story
Posted by thebosun on August 2, 2008
According to World Net Daily and Shelbyville Times - Gazette , food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corpo,rate website that it strives “to honor God,” will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day.
Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants... Read Full Story
Checkout Ramadan2009 Calendar and Islamic Society of North America 2009 Here.When is Ramadan in 2009?
On the 29th of Shabaan ( ie 8th month of the Islamic calendar. Shabaan is the month that comes before Ramadan) Muslims will start looking in the sky for the New moon. If a Muslim sees the New moon at Maghrib time or after Maghrib he will inform others and the start of Ramadan will be announced and the special Taraweeh prayers will be prayed after the Isha prayer of that night. When dawn... Read Full Story
As the day to the commencement of Ramadan (Sha'ban) approaches, when fasting is seen as a means of achieving piety and righteousness, it is necessary that the Muslim brethren adhere to the Prophet's admonition that "He who does not give up false speech and evil actions, Allah does not need his refraining from food and drink". In other words Allah is not going to accept such persons' Read Full Story
EUROPA NEWSWIRE. Photo by Dustin Senger. U.S service members in the Islamic Gulf countries, regardless of their
religious beliefs, must remain aware of the importance and traditions
of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic (lunar)
calendar. This year, the religious observance is expected to begin Aug.
22, but the actual start date is dependent on the rise of the new moon.
After an official declaration, a widespread fast for Muslims begins at
the next sunrise. The holy month... Read Full Story
