Ramadan Blogging: Day 11
Monday, September 24th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »Sunday was the first big community iftar at MCA which a couple of thousand people attend and break their fast together. We decided to skip the iftar because it is too crowded and weekend is the only time we can ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 10
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »Lesson Learnt: If you have rich chicken curry for sahrii and then cry yourself hoarse during a humdinger of a match featuring India and Australia, your throat is going to be parched dry.
Ramadan Blogging: Day 9
Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »I had never seen a Ramadan comic strip before this one. Click on the image to see more. Meanwhile, I am upgrading my laptop's OS from Windows XP to Vista. I'll see you all later if it survives the ordeal.
Ramadan Blogging: Day 8
Friday, September 21st, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | 2 Comments »Whenever I hear the month of Ramadan is approaching, I am reminded of this anecdote of Mirza Ghalib. As we all know, some aspects of Ghalib's life were not palatable to everyone. When he was asked to appear before a ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 7
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | 2 Comments »One of my absolute favorite na'ats, faslon ko takalluf hai hamse agar.
Ramadan Blogging: Day 6
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »Raza Rumi points us to this beautiful Ghazal by Jalaluddin Rumi. Celebrate! The month of fasting has come. Pleasant journey to the one Who is the company of the fasting. I climbed the roof to see the Moon, Because I really missed fasting By heart and ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 5
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »Quranic verses regarding fasting and Ramadan, translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint. (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 4
Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »Today's after-fajr talk was by Dr. Hisham Abdullah who discussed a small portion of the 6th hadith from the collection of 40 Hadith by An-Nawawi. This collection of Hadith (42, actually) is considered quite important in the canon of the ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 3
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »I didn't get much out of the after-fajr talk by Dr. Imad Bayoun. May be he was trying to pack too much in short time. May be I was too sleepy. In the evening we went to smaller Masjid Noor ...
Ramadan Blogging: Day 2
Saturday, September 15th, 2007 Posted in Islam, Ramadan Blogging, USA | No Comments »I am really getting to like the short talk after fajr (early morning) prayers. Since it is no more than 10 minutes, the speaker has limited opportunity to digress from the main theme. Today's talk was given by a young ...
