Ramadan kareem

[miss tenderness]

Has anyone of you guys seen the tarweeh prayers from the Holy Mosque in Mecca? WOW, it's fully croweded just like every year . everyday I keep looking at TV, at the millions of those people with this huge number and it amazes me the way they are organized. If this huge number occurs any where I bet no police force would be able to organize them the way they are organized to obey Allah's ,swt, order. One question: is there any website that live the prayer or at least provide updated pictures ofr everyday's prayers from Mecca?

[totyfroty]

Happy Ramadan
yeah the number of people are great

have a nice day

[miss tenderness]

In the month of Ramadaan it is very important that we spent a few moments to understand some of the wisdoms and lessons that we can learn from this month of fasting.
Unfortunately, many Muslims come in to this month and they are as a companion of the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Let it not be that the day that you fast and the day that you break fast be equal." Meaning, one's behaviour, attitude and outlook are the same whether one fasts or not, i.e. fasting has no effect upon that person. This is why we need to reflect on some of these lessons.
LESSON 1: Gaining Taqwaa
Allaah legislated fasting for gaining taqwaa, "O you who believe, fasting has been prescribed upon you as it has been prescribed upon those before you, so that you may attain taqwaa." (meaning of SoraatulBaqarah (2):183) Taqwaa in this case means to make a shield between oneself and Allaah’s anger and Hellfire. So we should ask ourselves, when we break our fasts, ‘Has this fasting day made us fear Allaah more? Has it resulted that we want to protect ourselves from the hellfire or not?
LESSON 2: Drawing closer to Allaah
This is achieved by reciting and reflecting on Al-Qur’aan during night and day, attending the taraaweeh prayers, remembering Allaah, sitting in circles of knowledge and, for those who can, making `umrah. Also for those who can, making I`tikaaf (seclusion) in the last ten nights of Ramadaan, so as to leave all worldly pursuits and seclude oneself in a masjid just thinking of Allaah, so as to bring oneself closer to Allaah (SWT). When one sins, one feels distant from Allaah. That is why one might find it heard to read the Qur’aan and come to the masjid. However, the obedient worshipper feels closer to Allaah and wants to worship Allaah more, because he is not shy from his sins.
LESSON 3: Acquiring patience and strong will
Allaah has mentioned patience more than seventy times in the Qur’aan and has commanded patience in more than sixteen ways in His Book. So when one fasts, and gives up one’s food and drink, and one’s marital sexual relations for those hours, one learns restraint and patience. This Ummah needs man and women that are strong willed, who can stand upon the Sunnah and the Book of Allah and not waver in front of the enemies of Allaah. We do not need emotional people, who just raise slogans and shout, but when the time comes to stand upon something firm, they cannot do so, they waver.
LESSON 4: Striving for Ihsaan (righteousness and sincerity) and staying away from riyaa’ (showing off)
Ihsaan means to worship Allaah as if one seeks Him, and even though one does not see Him, He sees all. Hasan al-Basree said, "By Allaah, in the last twenty years, I have not said a word or taken something with my hand or refrained to take something with my hand or stepped forth or stepped back, except that I have thought before I have done any action, ‘Does Allaah love this action? Is Allaah pleased with this action?' So when one is fasting, one should gain this quality of watching oneself and also staying away from riyaa’ (showing off). That is why Allah said in a hadeeth qudsee, "Fasting is for Me and I reward it." (al-Bukhaaree) Allaah singles out fasting from all other types of worship saying, "Fasting is for Me", because no one knows whether you are fasting or not, except Allaah. For example, when one is praying or giving charity or making tawaaaf, one can be seen by the people, so one might do the action seeking the praise of the people. Sufyaan ath-Thawree used to spend the nights and the days crying and the people used to ask him, "Why do you cry, is it due to the fear of Allaah? He said, ‘No.’ They said, "Is it due to the fear of the Hellfire?" He said, ‘No. It is not the fear of Hellfire that makes me cry, what makes me cry is that I have been worshipping Allaah all these years and doing scholarly teaching, and I am not certain that my intentions are purely for Allaah.’"
LESSON 5: Refinement of manners, especially those related totruthfulness and discharging trusts.
The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "Whoever does not abandon falsehood in word and action, then Allaah (SWT) has no need that he should heave his food and drink." (al-Bukhaaree) What we learn from this, is that we must pay attention to the purification of our manners. The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "was sent to perfect good manners." (Maalik) So we must check ourselves, are we following the behaviour of the Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him)? For example: Do we give salaam to those we don’t know and those we do know? Do we follow the manners of Islaam, by telling the truth and only telling the truth? Are we sincere? Are we merciful to the creation?
LESSON 6: Recognizing that one can change for the better
The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "Every son of Adam sins and the best of the sinners are those whorepent." (Ibn Maajah) Allaah provides many opportunities to repent to Him and seek His forgiveness. If one was disobedient they can become obedient.
LESSON 7: Being more charitable
Ibn `Abaas said, "The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) was the most charitable amongst the people, and he used to be more so in the month of Ramadaan when Jibreel used to meet him on every night of Ramadaan till the end of the month…" (al-Bukhaaree) The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "He who gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will receive the same reward as him, without nothing being reduced from the fasting person’s reward." (at-Tirmidhee)
LESSON 8: Sensing the unity of the Muslims
The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "…Those of you who will live after me will see many differences. Then you must cling to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided khaleefahs. Hold fast to it and stick to it." (Aboo Daawood) In this month we sense that there is a possibility for unity, because we all fast together, we break fast together, we all worship Allah together, and we pray Salaatul-`Eid together. Therefore we sense that the unity of Muslims is possible. It is possible for Muslims to be a single body, but this will only be achieved when obedience is only to Allaah and His Messenger.
LESSON 9: Learning discipline
The Prophet (ma Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) made us adhere to discipline and strictness, strictness that does not lead to fanaticism or going outside the bounds that Allaah has laid down. One cannot knowingly break the fast before the sunset, as this will not be accepted by Allaah. Muslims should learn to be very strict in their lives, because they are people of an important message, which they mold their lives around.
LESSON 10: Teaching the young to worship Allaah
It was the practice of the people of Madeenah, that during the fast of `Aashooraa (which is now a recommended fast of one day) to get their children to fast with them. When the children would cry of hunger and thirst, their parents would distract their attention by giving them some sort of toy to play with. The children would break their fast with their parents. (as mentioned in al-Bukhaaree).
So the young should be brought to the masjid and they should pray with their parents, so that they are able to get into the habit of becoming worshippers of Allaah. If one does not encourage children to fast when they are young, they will find it very difficult to fast for thirty days at the age of puberty. This is why the Prophet (may Allah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "Command your children to pray at the age of seven and beat them at the age of ten (if they do not pray." (Haakim)
LESSON 11: Caring for one’s health
Fasting has many medical benefits and it teaches Muslims to take care of their health and too build strong bodies. The Prophet (may Allaah send His blessing and peace upon him) said, "A strong believer is better and is more beloved to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone." (Muslim)

[Nightshade]

Basically in laymans terms in other words Ramadan is about strengthening the community, family and (err whats the word for all the people of asingle religion?) ties, by forcing them to actually sit down and eat together to pray together and above all to at least attempt to be kind and charitable to each other ( no mean feat belive me as this is the hardest bit probably). Its also about sorting yourself out spiritually I guess I mean using myself as an example in ramadan more than anyother time ( which is a real shame but there you go ) I try extra extra hard to get all 5 prayers in at exactly the right times everyday , not saying I suceed but I do try much harder, and then theres the reading of the koran and simply going to taraweeh is a truly amazing experiance.
Have I covered it all? Oh yes and with all the spirtuality it makes the best month to teach little ones about ramadan ( plus there are al sorts of nice ramadan kiddy songs about islam that just slots everything together)

[miss tenderness]

most probably that today (laylat 27 of Ramadan)is laylatu Alghadir,so do ur best,guys. may Allah accepts from us. do not forget to watch the prayer from the holy mosque in Mecca,it's extraordinary today,people prayed in the streets. Mecca is filled.Ranoo,if u r there,dnt forget us ,dear.

[Nightshade]

ok I always get confused is it odd day even night or even day odd night?
I just had it explained on tuesday but I forgot again ...guess what I might be doing Tawagud ( for the first time ever Inshallah on friday)
ummm what is it you do anyway? Is it quiyam all layl? and what exactly do they do in quiyam al layal?

[miss tenderness]

ok I always get confused is it odd day even night or even day odd night?
I just had it explained on tuesday but I forgot again

lol nighty..it's also hard to explaine but I'll try my best..
laylat alghadir is on an odd night but not an odd day,I mean yesterday was the 26th of Rammadan(the date)and yesterday was also the night of 27th. Yesterday was the most probably to be laylat alghadir due to the hadiths. Today is the 27th of Ram.(the date)and it's the night of 28th of Ram.,so it can't be it(laylat alghadir)because the night is not odd. So laylat alghadir is on an odd night but not an odd day.Night starts from the sunset till fajir prayer and it takes the date of tomorrow. Hope this makes sense to you.
Here is a quote of one of the articles I posted:

Laylat al-Qadr (Kadir Gecesi):
Laylat al-Qadr is the night that the first verse of Quran was read to Prophet Muhammad (s). The exact date of Laylat al-Qadr is unknown (the Night of Power), but it is known to have occured in one of the last ten nights of Ramadan, usually thought to be on one of the odd-numbered dates between 21st and 29th, with the 27th being the most likely. God instructs one to seek-out this blessed night by virtue from the odd nights of the last ten nights of this month. It is said that when one seeks the Laylat al-Qadr, his/her sins will be erased, and it will be as if he/she has just been reborn. Many hadiths also affirm the great value of praying during Laylat al-Qadr. The Qur'an was also revealed in its entirety during the Prophet Muhammad's time in this night.

I might add that the best thing to do in this night is to make dua.

...guess what I might be doing Tawagud ( for the first time ever Inshallah on friday)
ummm what is it you do anyway? Is it quiyam all layl? and what exactly do they do in quiyam al layal?

Tawagud??????what does it mean,sisy?
I answered your question above. It's made unknown so Muslims make their best everyday in worshipping and reading the holy Quran,the good deeds or worshipping of this night is better than the worshipping of 1000 months. I n this night ,as stated in surat Alghadir(in the last chapter of the Quran),Gabriel and the angels are sent down to earth. Please check surat Alghadir and its tafseer for more clarification.

[Nightshade]

tahegud got and miss spelt
yes I know about the day strting from magrib thanks anyway its just I never rember which it is, of course here in the uk its both because some people started on saterday nd some on sunday.

[miss tenderness]

good luck wed ur tahagud ,nighty.

[bubble]

Hi all & Ramadan kareem to you.

I was wondering, since fast is broken at sunset, what happens if you're living in a Scandinavian country, e.g. in Sweden, and it coincides that Ramadan is in summer - meaning that daylight hours stretch from, approximately, 4am-11pm, does a Muslim fast for 19hrs since sunset takes place at 11pm? Also, would they fast only 6hrs or so, if Ramadan coincided with winter, when they have very few daylight hours? Finally, how is it ensured that there is some form of equality in the number of hours of fasting for Muslims around the world, given the variation in sunrise/sunset time?

[Nightshade]

well Its going to be pretty near that for me in about 3 years I think Ive heard that you can just follow mecca but thats a very iffy thing.

Basically you live with it.

[miss tenderness]

that needs fatwa,bubble.You can check this site:
www.islamtomorrow.com
and ask or email the sheikh...
May Allah accepts from me an u an all Muslims,remeber if sth is hard on somone ,the tawab (ajir)reward is more.

[Nossa]

Hey everyone..
Can any of you believe that Ramadan is over?! That fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't belive this...it seems like it started just yesterday...

[totyfroty]

yeah Nossa you are right
it has passed so fast so Happy feast every one

have a nice day

[miss tenderness]

Oh yah,what a grief :crying:
What a loss:
From the deep deepest of my heart I mourn our holy month. We're going to miss the fasting, taraweeh, suhoor, tahjud, long nights of praying and supplicating to the Almighty, the urgent waithing for Adhan (the calling)Almaghrib . well, ME and NOSSA will never forget the sambossaare we,nossa?(off topic:the weird thing is that we rarely make the sambossa in other monsths!! )I love Rammadan and wish if the whole year is Rammadan. May Allah,accepts our deeds and reward us Paradise.