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  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #120 - June 24, 2014, 03:47 PM
    Yea man lol

    Plus, if my dad clocked on, he was praying, so you had at least 10-15 minutes (he liked the long prayers) to prepare yourself for the beating since he couldn't stop praying to do it.  Grin
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #121 - June 24, 2014, 03:48 PM
    Cheesy That's so cute.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #122 - June 24, 2014, 03:53 PM
    That's shitty :/
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #123 - June 24, 2014, 03:56 PM
    lol wow, i never actually cheated a fast, too scared of the big guy upstairs
    "I Knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then." Alice in wonderland

    "This is the only heaven we have how dare you make it a hell" Dr Marlene Winell
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #124 - June 24, 2014, 04:05 PM
    Same.
    Well I did when I was younger but that was "the training" era.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #125 - June 24, 2014, 05:14 PM
    Quote from: confusedagno on June 24, 2014, 03:56 PM
    lol wow, i never actually cheated a fast, too scared of the big guy upstairs


    Well like I said, I was 7, maybe 8 years old at the time, and Islam was introduced to my life when I was 7, since my dad was drinking, getting high, and partying before he settled down to be a muslim.

    Also, I have come to realise that I never was afraid that much of the man upstairs.  I was more afraid of my father, and then eventually my husband.

    What was there to fear really, I had a vagina, I was pretty much destined for hell based on my gender. 
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #126 - June 24, 2014, 05:34 PM
    I get that, my fear of god was actually of my mother. My first fast she made me keep the whole thing by telling me to sleep when i was hungry. Breaking it was not an option to her I was around 8 as well.

    Weird tho that I never thot to eat behind her back
    "I Knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then." Alice in wonderland

    "This is the only heaven we have how dare you make it a hell" Dr Marlene Winell
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #127 - June 24, 2014, 05:36 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on June 24, 2014, 05:14 PM
    Well like I said, I was 7, maybe 8 years old at the time, and Islam was introduced to my life when I was 7, since my dad was drinking, getting high, and partying before he settled down to be a muslim.

    Also, I have come to realise that I never was afraid that much of the man upstairs.  I was more afraid of my father, and then eventually my husband.

    What was there to fear really, I had a vagina, I was pretty much destined for hell based on my gender. 


    ^It's frustrating, because whatever you do, you are constantly reminded "you are a girl!".


    Ramdan is the only month  I want to have my periods as soon as possible.  Cheesy
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #128 - June 24, 2014, 09:03 PM
    Quote from: Cato on June 23, 2014, 08:59 AM
    Its that time of the year again. One day...one day I will be living in a place where I wouldn't be aware that Ramadan has started or maybe forget that such month exists.


    You'd better put this in your diary then.
    Ramadan:
    2014  -  28th June to 27th July
    2015  -  17th June to 16th July
    2016  -  5th June to 4th July
    2017  -  25th May to 23rd June
    2018  -  14th May to 12th June
    2019  -  3rd May to 1st June
    2020  -  21st April to 20th May

    Next year, and the following two years, fasting would have to be observed on and around the longest day of the year, i.e. 21st June. The last time this occurred was 36 years ago. Sehri ends around 2:40 am and iftar is at 9:40 pm. So all your eating and drinking must fit into a 5 hour period, ready to take on a 19 hour day possibly in a heatwave too. You only have to wait another 18 years before ramadan falls on the shortest days of the year.
    Is it any wonder people would rather fight jihad in Syria and Iraq.

  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #129 - June 24, 2014, 09:20 PM
    I was at the bus stop at uni waiting to come back home a couple of weeks ago. A headscarved lady with her daughter was talking to one of her collegues, the topic of Ramadan came up. She said she didn't know how she was going to cope with the long days and said she may take a couple of weeks leave and go home to Qatar so the days were not so long. This just shows that even Muslims to some degree see how ridiculous it is.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #130 - June 24, 2014, 09:58 PM
    It is really stupid. I dont get the point of Ramadaan. If you have food, eat it! Why starve yourself? Be thankful and eat!

    1. Fasting is unhealthy

    2. If you really want to help poor people, instead of putting yourself in a situation of starvation,  just help them!

    3. "Bad habits' dont have any connection with fasting

    4. Self-control does not come through fasting.


  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #131 - June 24, 2014, 10:03 PM
    I prefer the live on 1 pound a day for 5 days thing as that is actually representative of the situation most in poverty are in therefore you actually get an idea of the real world situation of people.

    Anyways, I stood there giggling in my head at that Quatari lady.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #132 - June 25, 2014, 12:54 AM
    I think... If it all works.... Three Ramadans for me... Smiley
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #133 - June 25, 2014, 01:44 AM
    If muslims traveled for vacation during Ramadan, they wouldn't be required to fast. Thats what I would recommend world cup players to think of.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #134 - June 25, 2014, 07:18 AM
    Quote from: INcePtion on June 24, 2014, 09:58 PM
    It is really stupid. I dont get the point of Ramadaan. If you have food, eat it! Why starve yourself? Be thankful and eat!


    4. Self-control does not come through fasting.





    my ex sis in law told me a lady phoned and told her that her and her husband both accidentally had sex while fasting so what musty they do. Self control does not come from fasting, indeed
    "I Knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then." Alice in wonderland

    "This is the only heaven we have how dare you make it a hell" Dr Marlene Winell
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #135 - June 25, 2014, 08:43 AM
    Quote from: INcePtion on June 24, 2014, 09:58 PM
    It is really stupid. I dont get the point of Ramadaan. If you have food, eat it! Why starve yourself? Be thankful and eat!

    1. Fasting is unhealthy

    2. If you really want to help poor people, instead of putting yourself in a situation of starvation,  just help them!

    3. "Bad habits' dont have any connection with fasting

    4. Self-control does not come through fasting.





    I agree, i think it's better to cut back on what we eat instead, i often buy very basic foods like others eat in the third world to see how it feels, teaches me more gratitude than starving all day.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #136 - June 25, 2014, 10:35 AM
    ^ Then gorging yourself all night Tongue.
    "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
     Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
     Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
     Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God." - Epicurus
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #137 - June 25, 2014, 11:33 AM
    Quote from: INcePtion on June 24, 2014, 09:58 PM
    It is really stupid. I dont get the point of Ramadaan. If you have food, eat it! Why starve yourself? Be thankful and eat!

    1. Fasting is unhealthy

    2. If you really want to help poor people, instead of putting yourself in a situation of starvation,  just help them!

    3. "Bad habits' dont have any connection with fasting

    4. Self-control does not come through fasting.

    Inception.... No..nooo..........  noooo 

    It is NOT stupid..  Ask me why fasting is NOT unhealthy?  But it is true the way it is done in this Ramadan ritual is STUPIIID.. but rest of your three points are good.., Now let me tell you guys something here specially those who are diabetic whose friends & relatives are adiabatic.. and Ramadan .. fasting & binge eating ..

     Most of these Diabetic  patients know well  the risk of low blood sugars, very high blood sugars but many forget or some from 2nd/3rd world countries don't know  what do with this Diabetic &  Ramadaan. Ideally I would suggest to Muslim folks with Diabetic problems not to observe this silly ritual but take  care of your health..   Quran says that so follow Quran and eat normally..
    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim     
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #138 - June 25, 2014, 12:11 PM
    Quote from: Naz on June 25, 2014, 10:35 AM
    ^ Then gorging yourself all night Tongue.


    Yeah   :/
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #139 - June 25, 2014, 01:25 PM
    One of my old friends would get locked outside by her mother if she broke her fast wacko I've never been forced to fast but I just feel like its a given that everyone has to fast. Like, I can't imagine just walking around eating during the day in Ramadan. I'd undoubtedly be asked why I'm not fasting and how would I answer: "uh, I don't believe in Allah"? So, faking it it is. 
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #140 - June 25, 2014, 02:33 PM
    Quote from: Lilyesque on June 24, 2014, 09:20 PM
    I was at the bus stop at uni waiting to come back home a couple of weeks ago. A headscarved lady with her daughter was talking to one of her collegues, the topic of Ramadan came up. She said she didn't know how she was going to cope with the long days and said she may take a couple of weeks leave and go home to Qatar so the days were not so long. This just shows that even Muslims to some degree see how ridiculous it is.

    Correct me if I'm wrong: aren't travelling people no supposed to fast?
    Quote from: ZooBear 

    • Surah Al-Fil: In an epic game of Angry Birds, Allah uses birds (that drop pebbles) to destroy an army riding elephants whose intentions were to destroy the Kaaba. No one has beaten the high score.

  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #141 - June 25, 2014, 02:48 PM
    Quran.....
    Quote
    002.185: Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you; He does not want to put to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful.


    Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

    Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the man) is fasting." The Prophet said, "It is not berr (righteousness; piety) to fast on a journey."

    (Bukhari, Sawm: 36, Muslim, Siyam: 92; Abu Dawud, Sawm: 43; Nasai, Sawm: 48.)

    Allah freed the traveler from fasting and from half the obligatory prayer. (Nasai, Sawm: 50)


    So let us put all those  hadith here

    Quote
       As being on a journey is troublesome and hard, our religion granted us easiness in such worships as obligatory prayers and fasting.

        On a journey, one performs the prayers that are four raka'ah (unit of Islamic prayer, or salat; each daily prayer is made up of a different number of raka'ah) by shortening; i.e. as two raka'ah.

        Such a person (on a journey) is free to choose whether to fast or not. As is clearly stated in the verse, if s/he is to suffer a real trouble and hardship, s/he can choose not to fast on condition that s/he will compensate for it after Ramadan.


        
    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim     
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #142 - June 25, 2014, 02:52 PM
    Eh three days till  wacko
    I won't even have a chance to rack up a stash of snacks.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #143 - June 25, 2014, 03:20 PM
    My daughter is 11 years old and she has to fast this year as we living with the in-laws and her cousins that are younger than her are fasting  Cry At least it is winter here so not hectically long hours but if she wants a drink of water or a nibble I will allow it as long as it is out of sight of the others. She has never really fasted before as we always allowed her to eat when she gets from school.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #144 - June 25, 2014, 03:55 PM
    Sucks I know, doesn't it.
    A muslim friend of our family actually told me she's not doing till sun down, reckons, 7.30pm is long enough, has to get dinner sorted, kids feed, washed and to bed, etc, reckons it's too much hardship and that the purpose of the fast wasn't to endure prolonged suffering. She also says she feels silly trying to explain to non muslim friends that her religion says she must fast from dawn till dusk as to her it comes off as unnecessarily extreme. Her and her husband's take on this idea are more the exception than the rule amongst the muslims we know.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #145 - June 26, 2014, 11:18 AM
    Not much more than a day to go now and that sense of dread is steadily growing. It's not so much that I'm going to be attempting full fasts as dealing with the awkward regular questioning by Muslims, (wife's family and friends) as to how I'm getting on. Although I know I shouldn't a part of me still feels bad for my liberal use of the truth when dealing with their prying questions.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #146 - June 26, 2014, 11:22 AM
    Quote from: Doubting Tomas on June 25, 2014, 03:55 PM
    Sucks I know, doesn't it.
    A muslim friend of our family actually told me she's not doing till sun down, reckons, 7.30pm is long enough, has to get dinner sorted, kids feed, washed and to bed, etc, reckons it's too much hardship and that the purpose of the fast wasn't to endure prolonged suffering. She also says she feels silly trying to explain to non muslim friends that her religion says she must fast from dawn till dusk as to her it comes off as unnecessarily extreme. Her and her husband's take on this idea are more the exception than the rule amongst the muslims we know.


    And  slowly the in-group start to twig on to how daft it all is.
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #147 - June 26, 2014, 11:40 AM
    Quote from: Doubting Tomas on June 26, 2014, 11:18 AM
    Not much more than a day to go now and that sense of dread is steadily growing. It's not so much that I'm going to be attempting full fasts as dealing with the awkward regular questioning by Muslims, (wife's family and friends) as to how I'm getting on. Although I know I shouldn't a part of me still feels bad for my liberal use of the truth when dealing with their prying questions.


    Curiosity, are you a non muslim married to a muslim woman ?  quite rare, i knew of only one english couple in the past.. 
  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #148 - June 26, 2014, 12:34 PM
    Quote from: suki on June 26, 2014, 11:40 AM
    Curiosity, are you a non muslim married to a muslim woman ?  quite rare, i knew of only one english couple in the past.. 

    I know 3 Muslim women (1 Bosnian, 1 Turkish and 1 Turkish Kurd) with non-Muslim Danish husbands/long-term boyfriends. And 2 other mature (30+) Muslim women (Arabs) who are on the lookout for a Danish man. I don't think they are expecting anyone to convert. And a couple of others I am pretty sure wouldn't care so much about dating non-Muslims (Christian mother, Muslim father, liberal upbringing). However note that for some of them I know they were doing the Islamically right thing and tried to be good Muslimahs with a Muslim husband and stuff (one of them even with a far-out Salafi), but apparently it didn't work out.

    i do happen to see them getting a bit of "haram! haram!" once in a while on Facebook when they in debates say they are Muslim and they have no problem with living (and having kids) with a non-Muslim, but it doesn't get worse than that.
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  • Ramadhaan fever
     Reply #149 - June 26, 2014, 12:43 PM
    There is also Saira Khan a British Muslim of Pakistani origine who is married to a non-Muslim called Steve Hyde. They adopted a daughter from the Eidi foundation in Pakistan.
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