This Ramadan... :/

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This Ramadan... :/
OP - July 23, 2011, 03:04 AM

Well, well, well. Ramadan is on its way. Damn. I don't want to starve myself.. Ugh. Especially when it's all gonna go to waste, since I don't really believe anymore. Oh, let's not forget that it's summer and it'll be very exhausting with no food or water :S I was intending not to fast, but well, nah. My parents will suspect something, and it won't be very nice. Because I used to fast every Ramadan.
So who's gonna be forced to fast like me this Ramadan?
Haha. Mom told me and my sister that we should at least read the Qur'an during this Ramadan, and at least practice the prayer.. Hahahahahaha! I don't want to fast, how would you want me to read the Qur'an and pray?! O.o It was a very awkward moment when she said that. I didn't know what to say, lol. Very awkward. OH. And Eid is coming afterwards :/ Last eid was a schoolday, and I attended school ( I didn't have better things to do ) while most of my Muslim classmates took it as a day off.
The good thing about eid is you get MONEY (or gifts) 8D Hahaha! That's the best part. Other than that, it sucks.
Who's looking forward to this eid? Not me. :/
I was wondering, isn't there a special day for those who don't really believe in any religion? Maybe I can celebrate it on my own since I don't have any close friends to celebrate it with. 8D
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Reply #1 - July 23, 2011, 03:47 AM

*thinks mods should have heeded his advice to sticky the other thread*
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Reply #2 - July 23, 2011, 05:48 AM

Lately my mum has gone all religious on my ass but she has never forced me to pray/fast . But just leave the house to eat, or sneak food into ur room . And u have an additional 5-7 days of no fasting because of that time on the month

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Reply #3 - July 23, 2011, 08:57 PM

^Last Ramadan, inexplicably, I had a two-week period.
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Reply #4 - July 23, 2011, 11:31 PM

Oh, actually in truth I had a two weeks off of fasting during Ramadan a few times, when it happens its the first week of Ramadan then the last week.. must admit then I hated it when that happened because I didn't want to make up so many days of fasting.... what used to break me is the Shawal fasting after Ramadan...

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Reply #5 - July 24, 2011, 12:26 PM

My period is going to last the entire fasting month this year. My family can't find out though.
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Reply #6 - July 24, 2011, 12:38 PM

Quote from: Mowser on July 24, 2011, 12:26 PM
My period is going to last the entire fasting month this year. My family can't find out though.

LOL! I used to sort of do that...'extend' my period days by a few days

Me: 'yeah i still cant fast mum'

Mum: 'STILL!?'

ME: 'yeah *shrugs*'

Mum: 'you should make sure you make up for these days'

Me: 'hmmm'

end of convo

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Reply #7 - July 24, 2011, 03:05 PM

Quote from: Mowser on July 24, 2011, 12:26 PM
My period is going to last the entire fasting month this year. My family can't find out though.

Unfortunately according to Islamic regulation one can stop fasting/ praying for 10 days only, if the bleeding continue, one is supposed to do the fast/praying as that bleeding is not considered from the womb... I always wondered about that?? But no medical grounds lol

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Reply #8 - July 24, 2011, 03:06 PM

oh the exception for bleeding 10 days period is if one just had a babay, then its different. think its 40 days allowance.

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Reply #9 - July 25, 2011, 04:47 PM

18 hours of no food or water (is that even healthy, wont you be malnourished) how exciting. Eid is even more boring. all you do is pray and eat. But the only good thing about ramadan is that my mom makes special food she normally wouldn't make during the year.

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Reply #10 - July 25, 2011, 05:56 PM

Nearly everywhere there are places where you can drink unnoticed (public or private toilet rooms). You may rinse your ass with water during Ramadan, so why not drink it? Also, you may buy some sandwiches and eat them sitting on the toilet. No problem I think.

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Reply #11 - July 25, 2011, 06:24 PM

Quote from: IHC38 on July 25, 2011, 04:47 PM
18 hours of no food or water (is that even healthy, wont you be malnourished) how exciting. Eid is even more boring. all you do is pray and eat. But the only good thing about ramadan is that my mom makes special food she normally wouldn't make during the year.

Don't you get a present and money at Eid... this was my fav thing about Eid

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Reply #12 - July 25, 2011, 06:24 PM

Quote from: Hallakuf on July 25, 2011, 05:56 PM
Nearly everywhere there are places where you can drink unnoticed (public or private toilet rooms). You may rinse your ass with water during Ramadan, so why not drink it? Also, you may buy some sandwiches and eat them sitting on the toilet. No problem I think.

eeewwwwwww

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Reply #13 - July 25, 2011, 06:29 PM

last ramadhan I gave you my heart and the very next day you gave it away , this year to save me from tears , I'll give it to someone special .

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Reply #14 - July 25, 2011, 07:04 PM

NOOWWW I knowww what a foool I've been......

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Reply #15 - July 25, 2011, 07:13 PM

What happen to Ramadan 2011 thread?

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Reply #16 - July 25, 2011, 07:18 PM

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Reply #17 - July 25, 2011, 08:21 PM

Quote from: Fara7 on July 25, 2011, 06:24 PM
Don't you get a present and money at Eid... this was my fav thing about Eid

Nope not really. I got a present once and it was Pokemon or Yu Gi Oh cards. After that we never got anything.

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Reply #18 - July 25, 2011, 08:58 PM

Quote from: Fara7 on July 25, 2011, 06:24 PM
Don't you get a present and money at Eid... this was my fav thing about Eid

My kids used to love Eid because they got money in pretty little green packages decorated with Arabic writing and swirls and patterns. I think these are a tradition borrowed from the Chinese "ang pau" or red package which is given out to family and friends at Chinese new year and special occasions. It was also customary for the kids to go door to door in the neighbourhood, have a quick drink and then hopefully get a few coins on the way out.

Best of all for them though was playing with fireworks in the street at night - sparklers and these little banger things that you could throw on the road and they would explode.

Also fun was getting a new set of traditional clothes and prancing around in those.
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Reply #19 - July 25, 2011, 09:24 PM

@ChinaDoll, stardust & HO: Posts of the day, all three of you. xDD
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Reply #20 - August 02, 2011, 04:17 PM

Is it free to fasten or not?? or is it obligatory??
I thought Islam is tolerance?!
I cannot understand your problems. I have been told from different muslims that it is free in Islam to practice the
religion and absolutely voluntary.
Where is my fault in thinking???

Quote from: PrincessMeena on July 23, 2011, 03:04 AM
Well, well, well. Ramadan is on its way. Damn. I don't want to starve myself.. Ugh. Especially when it's all gonna go to waste, since I don't really believe anymore. Oh, let's not forget that it's summer and it'll be very exhausting with no food or water :S I was intending not to fast, but well, nah. My parents will suspect something, and it won't be very nice. Because I used to fast every Ramadan.
So who's gonna be forced to fast like me this Ramadan?
Haha. Mom told me and my sister that we should at least read the Qur'an during this Ramadan, and at least practice the prayer.. Hahahahahaha! I don't want to fast, how would you want me to read the Qur'an and pray?! O.o It was a very awkward moment when she said that. I didn't know what to say, lol. Very awkward. OH. And Eid is coming afterwards :/ Last eid was a schoolday, and I attended school ( I didn't have better things to do ) while most of my Muslim classmates took it as a day off.
The good thing about eid is you get MONEY (or gifts) 8D Hahaha! That's the best part. Other than that, it sucks.
Who's looking forward to this eid? Not me. :/
I was wondering, isn't there a special day for those who don't really believe in any religion? Maybe I can celebrate it on my own since I don't have any close friends to celebrate it with. 8D
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Reply #21 - August 02, 2011, 04:26 PM

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Is it free to fasten or not?Huh?? or is it obligatory??

It is obligatory!

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I thought Islam is tolerance?!

Yes, Islam is tolerance, but only if you refrain from everything forbidden (haram) and do everything that is obligatory (halal).

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I cannot understand your problems. I have been told from different muslims that it is free in Islam to practice the
religion and absolutely voluntary.

Those people are not Muslims. They are to be regarded as kaffirs, probably by the influence of Shaytan, and they should be killed at once.

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Where is my fault in thinking???

You are thinking that there are more types of Islam. That's not true. There is only one Islam!

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Reply #22 - August 03, 2011, 03:27 PM

Excuse me for being so naiv, I would like to know how normal nonbelievers in an normal islamic country
(for example Turkey or Tunisia or Marocco) behave during Ramadan in Summer (40°C) when they are thirsty??
I am not talking about the devout believers, no, I mean the nonbelievers?
I cannot imagine that 100 % of the population consists of believers.

I regard myself as well as a member of the "Church of Flying Spaghetti Monsters". So I would call
you my brother, if you allow.

I regard that "Bobby Henderson" (the religion founder of our religion) as the greates Prophet that had ever
been living.

I am really looking forward to your explanation.

With best regards!

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Reply #23 - August 03, 2011, 04:15 PM

Brother, you will have to wait for answers by people that live(d) there. I am just a Western European Caucasian pastafarian ex-Christian atheist. Brotherly love

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Reply #24 - August 03, 2011, 09:02 PM

Today, at lunchtime, I had some fruit followed by a pint of lager.
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