Tag: "Ramadan"
Tips For Keeping Ramadan Alive Year Round
This is a time to reflect on the 99+ Tips of Teaching Kids How to Fast During Ramadan at the beginning of the month, and keep these new or old habits year-round. Many are repeated, simply to re-enforce their importance. InshaAllah, stay posted for tomorrow’s post Reflections for Ramadan and Eid 2011 Muslim Blogpost Series [...]
Fasting 6 Days Shawwal
The prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) encouraged fasting six days in the month of Shawal, which directly comes after Ramadan. He said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it with six days of Shawal, it will be as if he fasted a lifetime.” (Narrated by Muslim, 1164) Here are some quick tips and reminders for [...]
Tips to Celebrating the Full 3 Days of Eid
Alhamdulilah Ramadan came, we saw it through and now it is time for celebrations! There are three days in which we celebrate the concluding of Ramadan. It is known as Eid ul Fitr (not to be confused with the four days of Eid ul Adha). This is a blessed time where family and friends get [...]
Sunnah of Zakat al-Fitr
Our past blogpost entitled: Major Misconceptions of How, What and When to Pay Zakat al-Fitr. For your convenience with the time of Zakat al-Fitr upon us, we shared most important points. We hope you find this post beneficial, InshaAllah! Understanding our rights and responsibilities for zakat al-fitr is important for all practicing Muslims. However, there [...]
Top 10 Islamic Gifts Chosen By You!
One of our big projects this summer was the launching of the first-ever online Eid Gift Guide. Read our post about it here. On the Guide, there are products and services highlighted for the convenience of the Muslim consumer looking for a halal shopping trip. In addition, there is something for everyone to make this [...]
How to Search for Laylatul Qadr and Its Significance
Indeed, We sent the Quran down during the Night of Decree (Laylatul-Qadr). And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence [...]
Balancing School and Ramadan/Eid
Time truly is flying by, SubhanAllah- Glory be to God. I feel like just last week was my college freshman orientation, when in reality, it was over a year ago. I remember my first semester in September 2010, it was still Ramadan. In fact, it was the final third of the month, the fully-blessed last ten [...]
Apply Ramadan Habits to Academic Life
Developing good habits in Ramadan can help you throughout the year in activities that you may not have realized. You can apply the routine from Ramadan during the academic year for your children! Qur’an Recitation Muslims try to build an especially close relationship to the Qur’an in Ramadan, because it was the month in which [...]
The 30 Days of Ramadan Crafty Challenge
How it all began… You can learn about how my 3 girls and I came up with the idea of the 30 Days of Ramadan Crafty Challenge here. You can craft, too! For each craft, we will have a supply list, take photos of the supplies and show the process step by step. This will [...]
Ramadan and Moroccan American Cuisine
Blogging has brought me a lot of new opportunities that had never crossed my mind in “life before blogging”. One of these ideas was publishing a cookbook. On my website I blog about food, specifically but not limited to Moroccan food. All of my recipes are halal though I do not market the site as [...]
Ramadan and Indian Cuisine
Although I was born and raised in America, my parents (and all three of my siblings, actually) were born in India, and lived there for some time in their lives. I’ve been to the country only once, when I was three, so the memories are quite blurred. However, I do have a taste of my [...]
Join Us for the American Muslim Mom Worldwide Ramadan Meetup Day
Thanks to the interest of the Meetup staff, we developed our dedicated American Muslim Mom Meetup page and Worldwide Ramadan Meetup Day! “Take a break from the long summer days of fasting for a fun gathering with other Muslim moms and their kids. We know it’s often difficult to find other Muslim moms and families [...]
Ramadan and Southern Cuisine
Before Ramadan began, I sorted through my recipes looking for quick and easy, yet healthful, recipes; as I’m looking for ways to shake up the line up. I find that a lot of the recipes I find online for Ramadan are Middle Eastern or Indian and while there is nothing wrong with that, I am [...]
Meal Planning for Ramadan
The month of Ramadan is a time that we look forward to all year. We make duaa that Allah (swt) allows us to live till this blessed month so we can reap as many rewards as possible. There is no doubt that during Ramadan our focus should be on worship but as mothers we still [...]
Reminder: Productive Ramadan 5-Days Left to Join!
SubhanAllah, ten days of Ramadan have already passed! With that, we want to remind you to strive for a productive Ramadan. Abu Productive of Productive Muslim has compiled an online course this Ramadan to help Muslims everywhere make their Ramadan productive. With his course, “not only do you get the best of Ramadan productivity tips [...]
