Ramadan Journal 2016: Day 8 - Suhoor
For the first few days of Ramadan I started off making suhoor (dawn
meal) for me and my husband while my daughter makes something for herself.
He has paratha's for breakfast, his idea of a sustainable Punjabi
breakfast (i.e. one of these and you won't be hungry for the next few days).
The last two days he got home from the masjid so late after taraweeh
that instead of sleeping, he made us breakfast. His paratha's are yum and
flaky and filling. I didn't have the heart to tell him toast, milk and
dates are enough for me.
Ramadan Journal 2016: Day 9 - White
It's rather strange when you look outside at 9pm and it is still
so bright at the moment. This bright white moon was visible early in the
evening and even after maghrib the sky was light.
Ramadan Journal 2016: Day 10 - Prayer
The first asharah, or third, of Ramadan is already over.
The Holy Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) has said: “It
(Ramadan) is the month whose beginning is mercy, middle, forgiveness and
its end emancipation from the fire” (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 93).
My husband saw I was struggling a little (okay quite a bit) with the
lack of sleep and trying to balance worship with all of my other duties and
becoming frustrated. He encouraged me to be patient saying the month
would pass so quickly. It didn’t seem it would, but it certainly has.
When I look back over the first ten days, I can see the mercy of Allah
SWT again and again. The blessing of the afternoon sunnah nap I take
after work (called qaylulah) that helped me to catch up on my sleep, the days
when friends and neighbours have dropped off food for iftar, the opportunity to
share food with my parents and finally establishing an earlier bedtime for the
babies so that I can have my iftar meal in peace .
I pray that during the next ten days, I truly make the most of this
opportunity for forgiveness and can convince Allah (SWT) to forgive my sins and
mistakes insh'Allah.
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