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Im fasting this year out of respect for my family, i don't want to be the only one walking around eating.

I've usually done this in the past, but this summer im not taking a dorm anymore since i spent my money on a new PC so im staying at home for a change

The way ive been dealing with fasting:

1. Work
2. Doing tasks that would take a lot of time - most recently i cleared out some old HDD's of mine organized all the files into folders and subfolders, felt good
3. People pray and stuff so i suppose that counts, dnt do so myself , still working on my faith
4. Video Games

I dnt really see myself as religious, i come from a multi-religious and multi-ethinc background, and i spend a lot of time with multi-ethnic and multi-religious friends and family. I know the basics of the religions that surround me and i have practiced their own ways; as in i have memorized versus from the Qur'an, know how to pray, know the 5 pillars of islam, i have gone to the friday prayer, and the things that surround christian faith i have also done as well, sunday church etc. etc. You could say its just up to me to decided wheater im fully committed to this or not, and so far no not so much, but i'd really like to.
 

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For me the hardest part about the Ramadan fasts is getting up early to eat before the fast begins. Thus my daily scedule is as follows:
5:00 - Wake to eat
5:45 - Mosque for fajr
6:45 - Sleep
1:00 - Wake for Zuhr
8:00 - Mosque for maghrib
9:00 - Dinner
10:00 - Sleep
 

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@Tanveer: I read your previous posts and I know now that you came from a Muslim background and you know alot about Islam.
What made you stop believing in Allah ?
You said you believe what you see only.
Please spare 5 minutes and read the following with an open mind.

I'll tell you one short story about Imam Abu Hanifa and this is the source for it:
http://www.123muslim.com/auliya-allah/2028...ah-atheist.html

Long ago in the city of Baghdad, there was a Muslim empire. On one side of the River Tigris were the royal palaces and on the other side was the city. The Muslims were gathered in the Royal Palace when an athiest approached them. He said to them, 'I don't believe in God, there cannot be a God, you cannot hear Him or see Him, you're wasting your time! Bring me your best debator and I will debate this issue with him.'

The best debator at the time was Imam Abu Hanifah Rahimullah. A messenger from amongst the Muslims was sent over the River Tigris to the city, where Abu Hanifah Rahimullah was, in order to tell him about the athiest who was awaiting him. On crossing the River Tigris, the messenger conveyed the message to Abu Hanifah Rahimullah saying, 'Oh Abu Hanifah, an athiest is waiting for you, to debate you, please come!' Abu Hanifah Rahimullah told the messeneger that he would be on his way.

The messenger went over the River Tigris once again and to the Royal Palaces, where everyone including the athiest awaited the arrival of Abu Hanifah Rahimullah. It was sunset at the time and one hour had passed, but Abu Hanifah Rahimullah still hadn't arrived. Another hour had passed, but still there was no sign of him. The Muslims started to become tense and worried about his late arrival. They did not want the athiest to think that they were too scared to debate him, yet they did not want to take up the challenge themselves as Abu Hanifah Rahimullah was the best of Debators from amongst the Muslims. Another hour passed, and suddenly the athiest started laughing and said, ' Your best debator is too scared! He knows he's wrong, he is too frightened to come and debate with me. I gurantee he will not turn up today.'

The Muslims increased in apprehension and eventually it had passed midnight, and the athiest had a smile on his face. The clock ticked on, and finally Abu Hanifah Rahimullah had arrived. The Muslims inquired about his lateness and remarked, 'Oh Abu Hanifah, a messenger sent for you hours ago, and you arrive now, explain your lateness to us.'

Abu Hanifah Rahimullah apologises for his lateness and begins to explain, while the atheist listens to his story.

'Once the messenger delivered the message to me, I began to make my way to the River Tigris, and on reaching the river bank I realised there was no boat, in order to cross the river. It was getting dark, and I looked around, there was no boat anywhere nor was there a navigator or a sailor in order for me to cross the river to get to the Royal Palaces. I continued to look around for a boat, as I did not want the athiest to think I was running away and did not want to debate with him.

I was standing on the river bank looking for a navigator or a boat when something caught my attention in the middle of the river. I looked forward, and to my amazement I saw planks of wood rising to the surface from the sea bed. I was shocked, amazed, I couldn't believe what I saw seeing. Ready made planks of wood were rising up to the surface and joining together. They were all the same width and length, I was astounded at what I saw.

I continued to look into the middle of the river, and then I saw nails coming up from the sea floor. They positioned themselves onto the boat and held the planks together, without them being banged. I stood in amazement and thought to myself, 'Oh Allah, how can this happen, planks of wood rising to the surface by itself, and then nails positioning themselves onto the boat without being banged?' I could not undertsand what was happening before my eyes.'

The athiest meanwhile was listening with a smile on his face. Abu Hanifah Rahimullah continued, 'I was still standing on the river bank watching these planks of wood join together with nails. I could see water seeping through the gaps in the wood, and suddenly I saw a sealant appear from the river and it began sealing the gaps without someone having poured it, again I thought, 'Ya Allah, how is this possible, how can sealant appear and seal the gaps without someone having poured it, and nails appear without someone having banged them.' I looked closer and I could see a boat forming before my eyes, I stood in amazement and was filled with shock. All of a sudden a sail appeared and I thought to myself, 'How is this happening, a boat has appeared before my eyes by itself, planks of wood, nails, sealant and now a sail, but how can I use this boat in order to cross the river to the Royal Palaces?' I stood staring in wonderment and suddenly the boat began to move. It came towards me against the current. It stood floating beside me while I was on the river bank, as if telling me to embark onto it. I went on the boat and yet again it began to move. There was no navigator or sailor on the boat, and the boat began to travel towards the direction of the royal palaces, without anyone having programmed it as to where to go. I could not understand what was happening, and how this boat had formed and was taking me to my destination against the flow of water. The boat eventually reached the other side of the River Tigris and I disembarked. I turned around and the boat had disappeared, and that is why I am late.'

At this moment, the athiest brust out laughing and remarked, 'Oh Abu Hanifah, I heard that you were the best debator from amongst the Muslims, I heard that you were the wisest, the most knowledgable from amongst your people. From seeing you today, I can say that you show none of these qualities. You speak of a boat appearing from nowhere, without someone having built it. Nails positioning themselves without someone having banged them, sealant being poured without someone having poured it, and the boat taking you to your destination without a navigator against the tide, your taking childish, your talking rediculous, I swear I do not belive a word of it!'

Abu Hanifah Rahimullah turned to the athiest and replied, 'You don't believe a word of it? You dont believe that nails can appear by themselves? You dont believe sealant can be poured by itself? You dont believe that a boat can move without a navigator, hence you don't believe that a boat can appear without a boat maker?'

The athiest remarked defiantly, 'Yes I dont believe a word of it!'

Abu Hanifah Rahimullah replied, 'If you cannot believe that a boat came into being without a boat maker, than this is only a boat, how can you believe that the whole world, the universe, the stars, the oceans, and the planets came into being without a creator?

The athiest astonished at his reply got up and fled.

Sorry for the very long comment
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ramadam moubarak
i'm fasting today but infortunately didn't fast yesterday because i had 5 hours of transportation and i have partial motion sickness, just drank some water though
just 7 hours to eat, i'll just game in the meantime
 

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Krestent said:
For me the hardest part about the Ramadan fasts is getting up early to eat before the fast begins. Thus my daily scedule is as follows:
5:00 - Wake to eat
5:45 - Mosque for fajr
6:45 - Sleep
1:00 - Wake for Zuhr
8:00 - Mosque for maghrib
9:00 - Dinner
10:00 - Sleep
Man, sucks to be you guys. Atheists have ramendan, but that's more of a semi-offensive joke where pastafarians only eat ramen. Wouldn't affect me either way, because I'm usually awake during the night, but I admire your dedication.

NBA Mj, as ridiculous as it sounds, life is not a boat and it didn't appear in seconds. Life was several billions of years in the making before it happened. You might be able to get someone into deism with that arguement, but they'd have to be agnostic anyway. It's a pretty weak argument anyway, and there's quite a bit of evidence for the Big Bang. The main reason that we can't find the cause of the big bang is because everything that existed before the big bang was destroyed by the big bang, which technically makes time start at the big bang. It didn't come from nothing, but we don't know what the cause was yet, and that's not evidence for a god. That's just an example of cause and effect.
 

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Ramadan Mubarak all!

I just love Ramadan, its not really hard fasting because I keep myself busy so I dont feel hungry. I love the buzz during Ramadan, the congregation in the mosques for all the prayers is just beautiful. I really love standing in taraweeh prayer listening to the soothing recitation from the imams
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ThatDudeWithTheFood said:
Also normally I don't eat halal but during Ramadan I only eat halal what about you guys?

Bro, you should be eating halal always not just only in Ramadan.

Tanveer said:
Okay fair enough.
Like I said, I am open about things. I have had a pretty hard life and developed hatred towards a lot of things.. I want to hold beliefs that make sense to me, I want to walk on a path of a "good human being".. But I cant define myself using religious point of view.

Care to explain where you started to gain hatred towards a few things? Btw are you from pakistan/bangladesh by anychance ? Plus see you from London, what area?

ThatDudeWithTheFood said:
Well, I'm a "Quranist" so I can eat pretty much anything. I mean, what is different from Halal meat and non-Halal meat? Someone blessed it with bismillah? I can do that myself.

Halal meat is meat which has been slaughtered in the name of Allah. I follow that you cannot make something haraam to halal by just saying Bismillah. You need to be eating halal food only.

QUOTE(Tanveer @ Aug 2 2011, 03:19 AM) but if you deliberately dont fast a day, as in not ill, no reason that you coudnt fast, you have to make up for 60 days. See what I mean by restrictive and too demanding?

I never heard that you have to make 60 days up if you dont fast (please show evidence if you got). The 60 days if for those who commit intercourse while there fasting. In english its called Expaition which can be done in 3 different ways if I can remember. If you deliberately dont fast you should make that fast up plus repent to Allah for your sin.

QUOTE(Rizsparky @ Aug 2 2011, 11:19 AM)
any of you go to taraweeh afterwards?

I love taraweeh and the beautiful Quran recitation from the imam.
 

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wasim said:
you're glad that you are not religious ??!!

you'll regret that one day dude !! ( no offense meant there )
and its not really hard avoiding those 7 things
exept for Eating and drinking ( sort of ) , but we should really know the problems of the ppl who don't get food !
I don't think I will. I respect your opinions, but religion's not really my thing. I tried it, on two occasions (Buddhism and Christianity), and I never found the answers I was looking for. Besides, I like being atheist. It's fun being able to look at stuff like this with a clear head, not that I mean that in a condescending way or anything. I think we could take a page from religions, as all of them have (some) useful information that we could take and learn from, but I don't think the overall effect is a worthwhile one. Looking at some studies, you'll see that most crime is done by religious people and the effects on morality aren't there. I think life's more meaningful when it's finite. In the words of Penn Jillette,
"Believing there's no god means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around."
 

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I find it a weird, yet, hmmm, what should be the right word.. courageous? decision that you converted to being a muslim. I'm one of these people who think religions bring more problems then solutions, and decided to not believe in anything but myself.

Anyway, I do think the ramadam is a beautifull gesture. So good luck! I know I wouldn't be able to do it..
Also, good luck to all the other muslims fasting right now!
 

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As suggested before, Menstruation and Periods do break the fast, they make the women "na-pak" as in impure and a spiritual bath (known as "Ghusl") is required to be done later (After the period).

Anyways, I'd like to point out one tiny thing to pyrmon, whenever you want to wish someone for Ramadan, always type/say "Ramadan Kareem", Mubarak is mostly used with Eid. But when it comes to Ramadan, it's always Ramadan Kareem.
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I hope you enjoyed fasting, I love it!! I heard that 1 fast gives you 70 years in Heaven or so, I'm not 100% sure though, but it's something along that line.

EDIT: You know it's really nice to see this, that there are over 100 new Muslims (Came in Newspaper yesterday) in my country who're fasting for the first time in their life, then there is the South African cricketer and finally a fellow temper
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It's only the thirst that really gets to me during my fast. The hunger is fine, just the thirst. Although I can pass the time pretty easily.
 

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SamAsh07 said:
Anyways, I'd like to point out one tiny thing to pyrmon, whenever you want to wish someone for Ramadan, always type/say "Ramadan Kareem", Mubarak is mostly used with Eid. But when it comes to Ramadan, it's always Ramadan Kareem.
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Both are fine to say bro
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Ramadan Kareem = Ramadan is generous, whilst Ramadan Mubarak = Blessed Ramadan.

Wow your from Bahrain, how is Ramadan going for you? Whats the heat like in the country during this month ?
 

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TeraS said:
SamAsh07 said:
Anyways, I'd like to point out one tiny thing to pyrmon, whenever you want to wish someone for Ramadan, always type/say "Ramadan Kareem", Mubarak is mostly used with Eid. But when it comes to Ramadan, it's always Ramadan Kareem.
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Both are fine to say bro
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Ramadan Kareem = Ramadan is generous, whilst Ramadan Mubarak = Blessed Ramadan.

Wow your from Bahrain, how is Ramadan going for you? Whats the heat like in the country during this month ?
Yeah I'm from Bahrain, haha don't talk about the heat, damn, it's over 40 degrees celsius...going out is like stepping into an Oven lol. But I'll live!! Fasting is much more important than some heat.

Ramadan is going great!! After Salat-al-Dhuhr I recite the Quran, in 10mins it'll be time for Salat-al-Asr. Then at night there is Taraweeh
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EDIT:- Guys what's your Ramadan daily routine?? Mine is this:-
- Salat Al Dhuhr, then recitation of Quran
- An hour before Salat Al Asr, I'm done reciting, so I sit and relax or come here at GBAtemp.
- Salat Al Asr
- Play DS for an hour or so
- Salat AL maghrib followed by the Ishaa prayer and taraweeh
Day ends
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Ramadan Kareem everyone!
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It'is the second day of Ramadan now. Works really well for me. I am a Muslim, sunni, and are from Egypt.
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Hope everything is going well with you too.
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SamAsh07 said:
Yeah I'm from Bahrain, haha don't talk about the heat, damn, it's over 40 degrees celsius...going out is like stepping into an Oven lol. But I'll live!! Fasting is much more important than some heat.

Now that it's Ramadan, have people stopped demonstrating in the streets?
I do not know if you know it but a little interesting to find out.
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My routine more or less -

Dhuhr salah
Work/Recitation
Read more on Islam
Salat Asr
Badminton
Iftar
Taraweeh
Relaxation
Suhoor
Fajr then Sleep
 

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here is my days of ramdhan :
4:30 - Wake to eat
5:00 - Mosque for fajr
5:30- Sleep
7:30 - Wakes up and goes to school
3:00 - returns from school and sleep or play something
5:54 - maghrib
8:15- tharawih ( have dinner after i reach home )
10:00- sleeps

i should really find time to read qur'an :\
 

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DrOctapu said:
NBA Mj, as ridiculous as it sounds, life is not a boat and it didn't appear in seconds. Life was several billions of years in the making before it happened. You might be able to get someone into deism with that arguement, but they'd have to be agnostic anyway. It's a pretty weak argument anyway, and there's quite a bit of evidence for the Big Bang. The main reason that we can't find the cause of the big bang is because everything that existed before the big bang was destroyed by the big bang, which technically makes time start at the big bang. It didn't come from nothing, but we don't know what the cause was yet, and that's not evidence for a god. That's just an example of cause and effect.
I wasn't talking about how life started.
If you want to discuss that I can do that. I was just giving an example of God's existance.
Its one of two cases:
1. You are really looking for an answer on how to fit religion into life
2. Or you just don't want religion cuz you want to do whatever you want without any restrictions.

As for the second one, I can't really help it if you your using your enjoyment and lust as an excuse.
People who keep saying why sex is prohibited in Islam should really look into the reasons before they say religion is like a prison.
You wouldn't want that for your mother or your sister.
Religion is the way you live your life, instead of having no goal and live like an animal and die like an animal, you live as human, and I'm not trying to offend you or anyone else by anymeans
 

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DrOctapu said:
wasim said:
you're glad that you are not religious ??!!

you'll regret that one day dude !! ( no offense meant there )
and its not really hard avoiding those 7 things
exept for Eating and drinking ( sort of ) , but we should really know the problems of the ppl who don't get food !
I don't think I will. I respect your opinions, but religion's not really my thing. I tried it, on two occasions (Buddhism and Christianity), and I never found the answers I was looking for. Besides, I like being atheist. It's fun being able to look at stuff like this with a clear head, not that I mean that in a condescending way or anything. I think we could take a page from religions, as all of them have (some) useful information that we could take and learn from, but I don't think the overall effect is a worthwhile one. Looking at some studies, you'll see that most crime is done by religious people and the effects on morality aren't there. I think life's more meaningful when it's finite. In the words of Penn Jillette,
"Believing there's no god means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around."
you don't believe in god ?!
if you don't , just spare a minute or 2 and think who created the earth and everything else !

what i say , and what you should do is read the qur'an ( english translated ) . You can find it through Google
 

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The big bang created the earth, genius! That and evolution are processes that build from the ground up. Have you ever thought how an incredibly complex being like a God was created? Perhaps another more powerful God!!!
 

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NBA Mj said:
Its one of two cases:
1. You are really looking for an answer on how to fit religion into life
2. Or you just don't want religion cuz you want to do whatever you want without any restrictions.

As for the second one, I can't really help it if you your using your enjoyment and lust as an excuse.
People who keep saying why sex is prohibited in Islam should really look into the reasons before they say religion is like a prison.
You wouldn't want that for your mother or your sister.
Religion is the way you live your life, instead of having no goal and live like an animal and die like an animal, you live as human, and I'm not trying to offend you or anyone else by anymeans
It's neither. I've looked for answers and am past it. The idea of religion, frankly, sounds silly and immature to me. It's something that I believe humanity should have grown out of ages ago. I don't "do whatever I want without any restrictions," in fact I'm probably more moral than many, many religious people. I see no reason to believe in a god when I'm quite capable of living without an imaginary friend to hold my hand when I'm feeling sad or alone, thanks. I don't need further justification for my actions other than "after thinking about this for a while, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably the best course of action." Your implication that I can't be a good person without the aid of some likely-nonexistent moral instructor is highly offensive, and actually makes me worry a bit about your own mental wellbeing. The thought that atheists would just randomly do whatever the hell they want is an alarming conclusion and it shows that you're incapable of telling right from wrong without being promised eternal hellfire if you don't. The fact that you compare me to an animal is also disturbing. I don't live a purposeless life. I'm not a total dickhead because I don't believe in gods. When I say I'm glad I'm not religious, I don't mean that I'm not religious because I don't want to fast or attend places of worship, I mean I don't want to do that because, to me, you're saying that you have to do all of these things to appeal to something that I don't even think exists, and I think that that's a lot of trouble for nothing.
Sorry, but it's honesty.

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DrOctapu said:
wasim said:
you're glad that you are not religious ??!!

you'll regret that one day dude !! ( no offense meant there )
and its not really hard avoiding those 7 things
exept for Eating and drinking ( sort of ) , but we should really know the problems of the ppl who don't get food !
I don't think I will. I respect your opinions, but religion's not really my thing. I tried it, on two occasions (Buddhism and Christianity), and I never found the answers I was looking for. Besides, I like being atheist. It's fun being able to look at stuff like this with a clear head, not that I mean that in a condescending way or anything. I think we could take a page from religions, as all of them have (some) useful information that we could take and learn from, but I don't think the overall effect is a worthwhile one. Looking at some studies, you'll see that most crime is done by religious people and the effects on morality aren't there. I think life's more meaningful when it's finite. In the words of Penn Jillette,
"Believing there's no god means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around."
you don't believe in god ?!
if you don't , just spare a minute or 2 and think who created the earth and everything else !

what i say , and what you should do is read the qur'an ( english translated ) . You can find it through Google

Because I prefer to not to believe in something with a 0.1^?% chance of existing and invest my whole life in a possibility? I might read the Quran, as I've found "How to Eat to Live" to be useful, but it's unlikely that I'll convert because of it.

QUOTE(MaximusDecemus @ Aug 2 2011, 11:27 PM)
The big bang created the earth, genius! That and evolution are processes that build from the ground up. Have you ever thought how an incredibly complex being like a God was created? Perhaps another more powerful God!!!

An interesting thought. Have you read this?
 
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