How do you feel about Ramadan 2008?

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ramadan mubarak everyone. please remember me and my family in your duas and please forgive me if i've wronged you in anyway. ma'asalama

Ramadan Mubarak everyone.

It seems everyone is together this year and starting fasting tomorrow, alhamdulillah! My cynicism was unjustified and I'm glad to be wrong.

8 rak'at is the sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) but 20 is the sunnah of some of his companions, and that way you can finish the whole Qur'an by the end of the month. Either way you are onto a winner!

Please everyone forgive me if I have been rude to you, I'm sure I was joking, but please forgive even if I wasn't.

May Allah (swt) accept everyone's efforts for His sake and give us blessings, help and forgiveness throughout this Most Blessed Month. Ameen!

Don't just do something! Stand there.

naz wrote:
@Funzo - i pretty sure the molvi at our mosque doesnt know what a computer is let alone know how to use one.

i was talking about you dummy, i was joking when i said dummy your a nice person.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane, by those who couldn't hear the music...

Young Anonymous Muslimah wrote:
(Naz: Ur welcome! Biggrin )

Lots of people are doing Taraweeh tonight, so:
Where do you do it? home or mosque?
8 or 20?
Does your mosque do fast(Surah fatiha in one breath) taraweeh or slow(like in the haram)?

and do you watch the Taraweeh from Masjid-al-Haram (like on Islam Channel)?

Depends on the Imam, one of them recites really really fast!

Chin up, mate! Life's too short.

Ya'qub wrote:
Ramadan Mubarak everyone.

It seems everyone is together this year and starting fasting tomorrow, alhamdulillah! My cynicism was unjustified and I'm glad to be wrong.

8 rak'at is the sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) but 20 is the sunnah of some of his companions, and that way you can finish the whole Qur'an by the end of the month. Either way you are onto a winner!

Please everyone forgive me if I have been rude to you, I'm sure I was joking, but please forgive even if I wasn't.

May Allah (swt) accept everyone's efforts for His sake and give us blessings, help and forgiveness throughout this Most Blessed Month. Ameen!

No worries, mate! Same here.

Chin up, mate! Life's too short.

Ramadan Mubarak guys! Have a good one inshallah!

Behold...Me!

TARAWEH SPECIALS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! :x

*dirol*''Biggy'*dirol*

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah,

Ramadan Mubarak everyone Smile 8 is the most correct opinion insha'allah:

Abu Salamah Bin Abd Ur-Rahman reported that he asked Aisha (ra) about the Messengers Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) prayer during Ramadan. She said:

"Whether it was Ramadan or any other month, Allah's Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) did not pray more than eleven rak'at. He would pray four - and do not ask about their beauty or length. Then he would pray four -and do not ask about their beauty or length. Then he would pray three."

Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Uwanah, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmithi, An-Nasa'i, Malik, Al-Bayhaqi, Ahmad.

The 3 is the witr. May Allah bless our Ramadan and help us follow the Sunnah in the best way possible ameen.

Wasalam

Went to the first Tarawee prayer last night. Ive noticed over the years that as Ramadan runs fewer people turn up for tarawee. So the first 2 weeks i anticipate it will be packed out, but by the 3rd it will be reduced from 2 Full Halls to the one. And then in the last week there will only be 4 lines of people still praying Tarawee prayer. And every year its the same people. Wheres the commitment people.

One of my mates never ever goes. Even tho i constantly remind him, nag him... diss him about it lol (in a polite humourous manner). He doesnt listen, ya Allah (swt) give him some sense before i slap him lol.

Tarawee prayer finished lastnight at like 11:30. Started around 10. Altho i think they waited longer just to be sure of the moon. So i expect it will start today at something like 9.30 and finish at 11. I hope the Imam doesnt get up half way through and start making a speach... argh. No offence to him but its really late and i just wanna go home. But the absolute highlight of the evening was the kid next to the guy i was reading next to puked just as the Imam started Tarawee prayer. OMG... the kid just stood there until we had finished before chucking him coat over it and running out of there. We had to move the other who was stood next to him too ... incase he threw up as well. You know the saying if you see puke or even smell it, it makes you wanna hurl too. It was a good thing the fans were on is all im gonna say.

And best of all Mr Slurpy was no where near me... oh how i loathe him.

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Seraphim wrote:

Tarawee prayer finished lastnight at like 11:30. Started around 10. Altho i think they waited longer just to be sure of the moon. So i expect it will start today at something like 9.30 and finish at 11.

Well Isha is 9.45 and takes around 15 minutes, so I think you'll have to wait about a week and a half before Taraweh finishes at 11.

Don't just do something! Stand there.

UniteTheUmmah wrote:
Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah,

Ramadan Mubarak everyone Smile 8 is the most correct opinion insha'allah:

Abu Salamah Bin Abd Ur-Rahman reported that he asked Aisha (ra) about the Messengers Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) prayer during Ramadan. She said:

"Whether it was Ramadan or any other month, Allah's Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) did not pray more than eleven rak'at. He would pray four - and do not ask about their beauty or length. Then he would pray four -and do not ask about their beauty or length. Then he would pray three."

Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Uwanah, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmithi, An-Nasa'i, Malik, Al-Bayhaqi, Ahmad.

The 3 is the witr. May Allah bless our Ramadan and help us follow the Sunnah in the best way possible ameen.

Wasalam

Let's leave this discussion to the mosques.

Those that dispute you will say that the hadith is referring to tahajjud.

I do not know. My local mosque does 20, so I do 20. When I was in Saudi last year, they did 8 so I did 8.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Seraphim wrote:
Went to the first Tarawee prayer last night. Ive noticed over the years that as Ramadan runs fewer people turn up for tarawee. So the first 2 weeks i anticipate it will be packed out, but by the 3rd it will be reduced from 2 Full Halls to the one. And then in the last week there will only be 4 lines of people still praying Tarawee prayer. And every year its the same people. Wheres the commitment people.

Elitist! Blum 3

The thing that matters is that people try. No one is perfect.

Besides taravih is Sunnah and salaah is Fardh - if you wanna pick a fight - pick the right one.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

You wrote:

I do not know. My local mosque does 20, so I do 20. When I was in Saudi last year, they did 8 so I did 8.

¿Que?

They do 20 rakats of Taraweh in Saudi, and 8 (really, really long rakats) for Tahajjud.

My mosque does 20, but takes a break after 8 so people can leave if they want. Its like Hovis Best of Both.

Don't just do something! Stand there.

You wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
Went to the first Tarawee prayer last night. Ive noticed over the years that as Ramadan runs fewer people turn up for tarawee. So the first 2 weeks i anticipate it will be packed out, but by the 3rd it will be reduced from 2 Full Halls to the one. And then in the last week there will only be 4 lines of people still praying Tarawee prayer. And every year its the same people. Wheres the commitment people.

Elitist! Blum 3

The thing that matters is that people try. No one is perfect.

Besides taravih is Sunnah and salaah is Fardh - if you wanna pick a fight - pick the right one.

Ooooohh lol. What i meant is, Ramadan comes once a year. Out of a year you'd think they could commit to 30 days of prayer. Trying is good imo but not as good as actually doing it.

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Ramadan Mubarak!

what a great feeling, and i am so glad everyone is doing the first ramadan today (yes that includes us scots too Blum 3 )

Read 20 ppl, Allah (swt) is giving us so much blessings why deprive yourself from them? There is no 8 taravih, most poeple get confused, the 8 rakat refers to tahajjud.

I prayed in work (first time ever, gona start doing it on a daily basis at work even after ramadan inshallah). Annoying this there is only one teeny room, i went in and 3 brothers were praying so had to leave because there isnt any room to stand behind them, besides felt really uncomforable as the only girl. I managed to pray alone, going to speak to manager to get a girls only room!

Angel

Ya'qub wrote:
¿Que?

They do 20 rakats of Taraweh in Saudi, and 8 (really, really long rakats) for Tahajjud.

My mosque does 20, but takes a break after 8 so people can leave if they want. Its like Hovis Best of Both.

:oops:

My mmemory is like erm... dust. I thought they did 8. oops (even worse as it is only last year I went!)

The qiyyamul layl is really long, though has to be experienced.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Anonymous wrote:
Ramadan Mubarak!

Angel

Salaam,

Are you having problems logging in?

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

nope just being lazy Blum 3

Angel

You wrote:

The qiyyamul layl is really long, though has to be experienced.

Emotionally draining but spiritually uplifting! I felt a bit empty during the long du'a, though. I couldn't understand more than a few words and to keep saying 'ameen' 'ameen' felt like an empty gesture.

But whenever the imam paused I could hear crying and wailing all around me from big, burly men. It was quite beautiful.

2 mins after the prayer finished, a lot of people went back to pushing aggressively and being rude. It was like they couldn't remember that a couple of moments before they were crying for Allah (swt) to forgive them!

Don't just do something! Stand there.

Ya'qub wrote:
Seraphim wrote:

Tarawee prayer finished lastnight at like 11:30. Started around 10. Altho i think they waited longer just to be sure of the moon. So i expect it will start today at something like 9.30 and finish at 11.

Well Isha is 9.45 and takes around 15 minutes, so I think you'll have to wait about a week and a half before Taraweh finishes at 11.

Depends on your mosque, ie. where you are because prayer times are slightly different depending on where you are.

Chin up, mate! Life's too short.

Funny thing is I never noticed any rude behaviour of the people there and when everyone goes on about it, I have no idea what they are talking about.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Seraphim wrote:
No offence to him but its really late and i just wanna go home.

tut tut tut wheres the commitment Blum 3

No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy

Naz wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
No offence to him but its really late and i just wanna go home.

tut tut tut wheres the commitment Blum 3

My commitments to my lord not some random rant about something which i already know.

Blum 3

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love to live but living to die wrote:
How was fast the first for all? Don't eat much we still have 29 days left! hehe (insha'Allah)

I was really exhausted by 3pm, i collapsed onto my bed and fell asleep till 6ish.
Its not so much the lack of food, but I get thirsty.

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Alhamdulillah enjoying ramdhann soooooo muchh!
tarawee has to be, by far the BEST part of the whole experience.. Biggrin
fasting was alright i guess, thou i was starving literally haha
the killer is about half n hour before u break the fast, and your in the kitchen helpin owt wid the cooking, u just wanna grab all the spring rolls/pakorey etc and eattt emm lmaoo
patience.. lool hehe

If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the things you love,, be persistent in doing the things that he loves - (Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)

Our tarawee times from 9.30pm while 11pm... we was all done by then
tarawee itself finished about 10.40 and then we read witr.. an imaam did like a little closing speech about what was read (2dai surah bakara so about the goat and all) and then duaa and we was done bang on 11pm alhamdulillah:D

If you desire Allah to be persistent in granting you the things you love,, be persistent in doing the things that he loves - (Imaam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)

Taraweeh was a laugh last night. Ive never laughed so much in my life. My dad didnt read taraweeh on Sunday and promised to read it Monday night. Come Monday night he tried to make excuses (no surprises there). Excuse no.1 "im too full so i wont be able to lead the taraweeh tonight." Me "nice try dad but you aint getting out of it." Dad "no really i dont feel so good." Me "well its your own fault you shouldnt have eaten so much." Excuse no.2 "Oh i cant remember some of the parts." Me "if you forget mum will be standing behind you and will remind you."

Come taraweeh time i told him hes gonna have to read it loud coz the little ones dont know the whole thing. Come start of Isha the mans muttering under his breath. After they had finished the 4 sunnah rakat they all turned around and started having ago at him that he was reading too quite and was going really fast. he then read the 4 fard rakat in exactly the same way. He finished both Isha and taraweeh in 35 minutes!

He reads it mosque style (a.k.a. speedo mode).

No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy

I'm getting hungry.

Chin up, mate! Life's too short.

^^^ I find that if you keep busy you dont notice the hunger.

No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy

I am fairly busy.

Chin up, mate! Life's too short.

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