When it comes to Ramadhan...
hi people...how are you guys out there? enjoying the weekend to the max?...i hope so...me last night went to a halloween party organise by a friend...it was good though...thanks mate!!!...anyway, today is my first day of fasting...as for other muslim around the globe, they already started yesterday...but for Tassie, we start today...this is according to the decision made by the Muslim Council in Tasmania...but it is good to be in Ramadhan again...to be able to "fast" for the whole 1 months of Ramadhan is a great thing...so for us in Tassie, today is our 1st of Ramadhan for the year 1425 for Hijri calendar...Here are some brife explanation about Ramadhan and what is fasting is all about taken from ABC News on the internet dated on October 15, 2004:
What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar calendar during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from the break of dawn to sunset. It is a 29-day period culminating with the festival, Eid ul-Fitr, or Feast of the Fast-breaking.
When does Ramadan begin and end?
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, so the beginning and the end of the period is based on the sightings of the moon. Given the diversity of the Islamic faith, which comprises a number of sects spread around the globe, the sightings have been a cause for much deliberation and some confusion.
Some Muslim communities, especially in Scandinavian countries, where the winter weather can make a sighting difficult, simply follow the dates set by Saudi Arabia or the ones put forth by scholars at Egypt's Al-Azhar University, the Islamic world's oldest and most prestigious university.
But for most Muslims, the sighting of the crescent-shaped new moon in the evening sky marks the start and end of Ramadan.
ABC News on Ramadan: A Time for Fasting and Prayer - Muslims Mark Holy Month With Prayer, Fasting — and Sometimes Nocturnal Overeating
Anyway, this is part of the article by ABC News and you should read the whole article before you made any assumption about what is Ramadhan is all about and there is more if you check the website at
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90195&page=1
i'm not saying that this article is right or wrong but i hoped that people who are reading it should not try to understand about Ramadhan and the practice of fasting just base on this article...i suggest that, go and search about it from other sites too as i dont want to create any misunderstanding to anyone...
By the way, anyone who are intrested to know more about Ramadhan and the thing behind it, you visit this address at :
http://www.islamweb.net/eramadan/index.htm
anyway i miss the feeling of performing my fasting in my country...realy miss it...this is my first time having to perform my fast away from where i belong and away from my family...sad but this going to be a great experience, i reckon...by the way, i want to wish all muslim Happy Fasting and appreciate this month as you will discover the great thing about this month while going through it...
ok then, thats all for now...in few hours time, i'll be breaking my fast...need to finish my assignmment and then prepare for the break-fasting dinner...ta.
p/s:at the moment, i miss my family, friends and my girl and i wish i can be at home and perform my fast with them...to all of them...i miss and i loved you all so much...
posted by fat_elephant @ 3:46 PM
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