Happy Ramadan!
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Anonymous
| Oh and I should add, it’s perfectly fine to say Happy Ramadan or Ramadan Mubarak or Ramadan Kareem. |
Anonymous
There is always some divide for people who focus on it, race, class, ethnicity, work, sect, education, profession, marital status etc etc. so you just need to fix your own mindset. We don't do iftar at the mosque as we eat our simple everyday healthy food, nothing fancy. However, in our mosque there is no compulsion, you can bring home made food, order catering, bring dates or water bottles, contribute to community iftar collection or just walk in on days you can't. Obviously it would be wrong to take wrongful advantage by burdening SAHMs with all the cooking or well off families with all the expenses. Many of the brothers are great cooks and do more cooking than their wives, many wealthy families pay for catering to cover a weekend's iftar. You do ehat you can or want to. No community is perfect, you need to be the example you want to set. If people know you don't gossip or become advocate of the person not present then people respect that and almost never gossip around you. Few good or bad people can set the tone for whole group. |
Anonymous
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Ramadan is as much about spiritual discipline as it is about physical discipline so if one isn't trying to do better, they are just dieting, not fasting.
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Anonymous
| Instead of going to mosque to judge others, one is probably better off staying home. |
Anonymous
Why not? It shows continued existence of a connection between you and your inherited religion. It shows you can control your body and mind to develop good habits and rid bad habits. It shows you how strong your body is and how to fix weaknesses. It develops empathy for people who face poverty, hunger, disability and disease. You fast, you pray, you stop yourself from bad things, try to do good things, do charity or charitable actions etc. Its good for the poor who are at receiving end. Even though a whole month of getting early and staying without water for 12-18 hrs is very inconvenient, specially for physically demanding lines of work or in extreme climates but philosophy behind the idea makes sense. |
Anonymous
| It can be a great way for addicts to reset their lives, no matter if its an addiction of gossip or substance abuse or wastefulness or anger or binge eating, Ramadan can be beneficial if done right. |
Anonymous
| Every day you complete a fast is a happy occasion and an accomplishment. Eid is a happier occasion because by 30th day, everyone just wants it to end.😂 |
Anonymous
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To be fair, its not about just ramadan or islam, whatever your religion is and however you pray, taking some time to reestablish a good spiritual connection with whatever GOD is, and focusing on goodness and staying away from negatives of life, can be mentally, physically and socially beneficial.
In essence, its about yourself, god isn't getting anything out of people binge eating all day or staying hungry and thirsty ... unless He/She/It is just playing a prank😂. No way of knowing it. |
Anonymous
Yes actually . Maybe it’s the community feel or no social isolation as normally that helps. You feel a sense of accomplishment and more focused . Maybe it’s just me but I feel more clear headed and hyper focused and less anxious and more productive during the day after the first two days of fasting which are tough/sluggish . I guess my body quickly adjusts and maybe fasting just provides less brain fog from sugar and such not sure. I just notice I procrastinate less during the day because I know I’m on a schedule and have to eat at sunset and somehow fit in prayer times and adequate sleep. Food also actually tastes way better when you actually do break your fast. Like you can taste the sugar in a strawberry and such . |
Anonymous
| How are you guys spending your days while fasting? All I can think about is food. |
Anonymous
| Stay busy. Do good deed for others. Make healthy and simple iftar. Do light work out half hour before iftar. Take a nap. Clean house. Iron clothes. Pray. |
Anonymous
| So happy it is ending. This holiday is doomed to last much longer. |
Anonymous
It's not a holiday! It's a time for self-reflection and spiritual awakening. |
Anonymous
I live in a Muslim country. There is PLENTY of binging and unhealthy eating during Ramadan. My female colleagues at work, who are Muslim, were just talking about how they've gained weight during Ramadan. They are too exhausted from staying up late to exercise, and they are eating more "celebration" foods that are carb-heavy at night. None of my Muslim friends and colleagues are actually "fasting." They have simply reversed their eating window from daytime to night/early morning. They start eating in the early evening, then have more late, and have a very early breakfast. A lot of the foods are high-carb, and they tend to make the early morning meal big to get them through work. Not Ramadan: eating during the day. Ramadan: eating the same amount or more in the night and very early morning. Before I came here, I thought Ramadan meant actual "fasting", with only one meal in the evening and then that was it, but no. That's not what it is. |
Anonymous
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I gain weight in Ramadan but this year luckily haven’t . PP is right. I over eat at night and eat desserts I typically never get during normal times. I usually am low carb but have to switch to high carb during Ramadan otherwise I’ll have zero fuel to function all day running around without food or water.
Ramadan has become a food fest like Thanksgiving rather than about truly fasting. |