Muslims, Ramadan, fasting

any muslim here? anyone? 

Ramadan Mabarak! I am!

I am too. ramadan mobarak :) What are you going to do with the diet in ramadan?

heey nice to meet u ppl

RAMADAN MUBARAK

i thought i won't see any muslims in here

hmmmm....

the  diet .. I used to eat the traditional food every Ramadan.. I eat alot .. I mean A LOT in eftar meal but since i'm dieting this ramadan I'll eat only the healthy traditional food.. PLUS i think that my stomach shrank :/ so i'll eat less

As-salam-ualakum, Ramadan Mubarik. I was wondering how to manage the diet during Ramadan. It is going to be hard to manage going out for Iftar but inshahallah I am going to preplan (got plenty of time during the day right :) ) so that I can see how many calories I have and how much of each thing I should eat to maintain my calorie count.

Well, I'm going to try. Plus I just joined a gym and I am going to try to do the more weight training classes or light workout, so help my body stay out of starvation mode. Any suggestions?

We'll see how it goes inshahallah. Have a great and blessed month. Peace and joy to everyone!

WS  infinintyiz

i'v read a research wich said that ppl in Ramadan don't gain weight in spite of the increased calorie intake

also they notice an increase in the HDL (the good cholesterol)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=p ubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch =17193859&ordinalpos=15&itool=EntrezS ystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pub med_RVDocSum

 another study

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=p ubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch =17146246&ordinalpos=19&itool=EntrezS ystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pub med_RVDocSum

Asalamu Alaikum. I never gain or lose in Ramadan. I guess that is because its hard for me to get in all my calories. We have Iftar and then head to the Mosque for Tarweeh which is two hours of calorie burn, and return home around 10:30 have a little something to eat before heading to bed. We get up at 4 for surhur where I might have a bagel or a bowl of oats. I also have difficulties getting enough to drink.

I think its important to not focus so much on the food, but keep your mind busy with the Quran or charitable actions.

 Jazakallahu Khayran Ramadan

I was just looking over the posts and got a little laugh seeing how we all spell cetian words differently (ie: Mabarak, Mubarik, Mobarak, and Mubarak). Some may think none of know how to spell, but we know that these are geological differences.

I am from the United States. My Arabic is Egyptian persuasion. Where are you from and are you living there presently?

ah ha!! I was wondering...

YAAAAAY! As salaamu alaikum and Ramadan Mubarak to you all!

I'm so happy someone posted on this :)

My main pblm during Ramadan is waking up for suhoor.....I didn't today, and the last three days I've just had a vitamin and water. Can't seem to bring myself to eat that early in the morning, but right about now I'm kicking myself.

Anywhoot, insha'Allah we'll all have a wonderful Ramadan full of spiritual growth and forgiveness...without the seemingly requisite weight gain on Eid, lol.

Hugs, ma'salaam

wa alaikom al-salam thinny

suhoor is very important for you, it gives you the energy to live your day without getting tired.. eat proteins and fibers beside your vitamins , they will help you get full.... you can read the holy quraan after suhoor

 you just need the alarm hehehe

 

Salaamu Alaiykim!

Yay, It's so nice to see other Muslims on this site! I was wondering if any of you have had a challenging time at school/work, and if you do, how do you manage those problems? Today I was fasting and I was feeling very light-headed, dizzy and extremely tired (I was falling asleep infront of my teacher =O). So i decided to break my fast during our 10 minute break .. I felt so bad, but I didn't know what else to do .. I really want to be able to maintain steady fasts, but I seem to find it very difficult to do so while in my first year of university .. any tips?

=(

oh  wa alaikom al-salam tehsina

I'm happy that you joined us

I'm attending the university and i don't find any difficulty in fasting coz I eat suhoor meal, so try to eat it as late as possible. also increase your protein calories.

This isn't totally on topic but it isn't totally off topic either...  I have a question though...

In this thread "traditional food" has been mentioned a couple of times. A good friend (actually the one who gave me this website address) converted to Islam about seven months ago.  Her family is Christian, doesn't know and also doesn't live here, we live in a small town so she has very few people in her religious community.  She is very happy and I want to be supportive and have offered to fast with her for a couple of days and make her an after sundown meal for one of her evenings during Ramadan.  Since she is watching her weight too I want it to be somewhat healthy.  Could you recommend a traditional but calorie counter friendly food or two?  Could you also tell me if I'm acting appropriately or not?

yes, but tradesional food differs from country to country

here in bahrain we break our fasting with dates and water. After praying we eat beef soup with lots of vegetables and legumes. We eat it with naan bread. It's almost the main dish every day beside the salad or tabboueh.

other dishes: samosa, homemade pizza, rice dishes (biryani)

lots and lots of desserts  which is not friendly with health at all.

 

I'm happy that you supporting her.. keep it up

Asalamu Alaikum Thinny1980. I just wanted to share this with you.

It is Masnûn (Sunnah) to partake of Suhur (Sehri) during the last portion of the night. It is a means of attaining great blessings and Thawâb. The Sunnah will be attained if one partakes of Suhur at any time after midnight has passed, but it is better and desirable to partake of Suhur in the last portion of the night. http://www.jamiat.co.za/ramadan/Kitabus_saum_ 08.htm

It is important to eat "something". A date and a 1/2 glass of milk would be sufficient. You wouldnt want to miss out on the blessings of Allah ta'ala.

Jazakal Allah for your effort.

 

Asalamu Alaikum Tehsina

Ufortunately you have broken your fast. Inshall'Allah you will have many more opportunites in the future. Here is some information about what invalidates your fast:

The acts that 'break' or invalidate the Fast are ten:

Eating
Drinking
Injection of drips
Sexual intercourse
Masturbation
To stay in the state of Junub until dawn break.  [One is defined to be in the state of Junub after sexual intercourse or, in the case of men, after ejaculation.]
To inhale thick smoke or dust
To vomit (intentionally)
To attribute lies to Allah, His Messenger and the infallible Imams
To submerge totally in water. 

If a fasting person broke his/her fast through one of the ten categories mentioned earlier, it is obligatory for him/her to offer the Quadha (of fasting) for the day in which he broke his fast.  In most cases s/he must also pay the Kaffarah (compensation/penalty) for breaking the fast [with no good reason].  The Kaffarah is one of the following:

Fasting for sixty consecutive days.
Giving meal to sixty poor or destitute individuals.
Free a Muslim slave.
http://www.islamwomen.org/EngIw/HomePage/HPDe tails1.aspx?id=857

Talk with your Imam. Perhaps you can donate to a food shelter as Kaffarah.

Perhaps, it may be excusable as you were unaware. Allah knows best.

Insha'Allah you will be forgiven.

Welcome Mellow Everest

How wonderful of you to want to do this for your friend, Jazakal Allah for your kindness.

I use a site that has many wonderful receipes as well as nutritional info. Here are a couple of searches:

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q[]=arabic+&ls=re

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=middl e+east

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q[]=egyptian&ls=h

Insha'Allah you will find something wonderful.

I forgot to mention that like Sable Flowers we also break fast with Dates, but with milk.

When breaking Fast or Iftar one should recite the following Dua:

Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu [wa 'alayka tawakkaltu] wa 'ala rizq-ika aftarthu

O Allah!  I fasted for You and I believe in You [and I put my trust in You] and I break my fast with Your sustenance
["wa 'alayka tawakkaltu" is quoted in some books of knowledge - but not all, hence it is in brackets]
[abu Dawud]

When begiining fast after Suhur one should recite:

Wa bisawmi ghadinn nawaiytu min shahri ramadan

 

I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan
[abu Dawud]

Jazakal Allah for your Efforts!

Thank you sable_flowers and m3lody for your kind advice

Yes, I do believe that if I upped my calories a bit more in the morning, especially with the protein, i would surely be able to make it through without any feelings of dizziness and sleepiness. Inshallah I will be forgiven in time after I repent for my wrongdoing.

Thanks a lot guys!

Wasalaam

Received by Email today, thought I should share. HamduAllah it is a message that I needed to see.

Why forgive others this Ramadan?

The Prophet Muhammad said: Musa, the son of Imran once asked, "Oh my Lord! Who is the most honourable of Your servants? And He replied, the person who forgives even when he is in a position of power" (Baihaqi). Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet.

You know what I'm referring to - those times when you get into an argument(s) with a family member, friend, boss, employee, coworker, classmate, teacher or whoever. You know your facts are right or that
you've been wronged with an insulting remark, sarcastic comment or rudeness.

And so, you choose to hold a grudge. After all, you've got a right to. Nobody should be treated this way. Why should you forgive? You're not the one who started this. You're not the one who doesn't have the facts
straight.

True. You may be right. You may be in that position of power mentioned in the Hadith above. But forgiving others, apart from positively affecting our health (less stress) and our minds (one less negative thing to focus
on), is a necessary step to closeness to God.

How can we move up the ladder of spiritual development when we hold bitterness and anger towards another person? While we may have been in the right, is it worth sacrificing our energy on a grudge instead of on
growth?

Is there not something strange about asking for God's forgiveness of our sins while withholding our forgiveness from someone who has hurt us?

One of the distinguishing features of Ramadan is forgiveness. The Prophet explained in one Hadith that Ramadan is a month whose beginning is Mercy, whose middle is Forgiveness and whose end is freedom from the Hellfire.

This makes it a great time to ask God for His Forgiveness. It's also a wonderful time to open our hearts and cleanse them of grudges and bitterness by forgiving others.

Let us use these remaining days of forgiveness this Ramadan to open our hearts to those who have wronged us and forgive them as we beg Allah to forgive us.