Comments on: Hitting the Ground Running in Ramadan http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Wed, 23 May 2012 17:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Open Thread 9-7-08: MM Ramadan Recap | MuslimMatters.org http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25832 Open Thread 9-7-08: MM Ramadan Recap | MuslimMatters.org Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:39:16 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25832 [...] Reflections and Hitting the Ground Running from Dr. [...] [...] Reflections and Hitting the Ground Running from Dr. [...]

]]> By: muslim http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25576 muslim Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:32:59 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25576 JazakAllah Khair! JazakAllah Khair!

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]]> By: Amad http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25202 Amad Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:47:33 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25202 JazakumAllahkhair Dr. Ali & sisterindeen for the informative answers JazakumAllahkhair Dr. Ali & sisterindeen for the informative answers

]]> By: Ali Shehata http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25201 Ali Shehata Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:24:15 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25201 Salaam alaikum everyone Thank you for the comments and may Allah help us to do our best this Ramadan - ameen. Amad - your question was excellent and I see that someone already kindly posted the hadith in regards to part one of your question. I discussed this matter with one of my teachers and he stated in reference to the hadith on the matter, "The person may fast if it is easy for him and will not cause him hardship or he may break his fast and make it up later as we have been given license to do in travel. Yet, if the person is not under such difficulty it is preferable for him to fast and Allah knows best." As for part two, how to keep the Ramadan feeling alive in your circumstances, I asked about this as well and was told, "The person should do as much good as he can with the intention and understanding that his deeds will be multiplied in Ramadan." And for sure, a person in these circumstances must be sure to make his day different from any day outside of Ramadan. When our work calls upon us in this blessed month it can be easy to slide back into the habits and routine of a day outside of Ramadan and so it would be good for you or anyone else to distinguish his days in Ramadan even if he cannot be fasting or attending the masjid as he normally would. Reading extra Quran, making more athkaar, guarding the tongue to a higher degree and being less talkative are all means to distinguish your days from those days outside of Ramadan and Allah knows best. Salaam alaikum everyone

Thank you for the comments and may Allah help us to do our best this Ramadan – ameen.

Amad – your question was excellent and I see that someone already kindly posted the hadith in regards to part one of your question. I discussed this matter with one of my teachers and he stated in reference to the hadith on the matter, “The person may fast if it is easy for him and will not cause him hardship or he may break his fast and make it up later as we have been given license to do in travel. Yet, if the person is not under such difficulty it is preferable for him to fast and Allah knows best.”

As for part two, how to keep the Ramadan feeling alive in your circumstances, I asked about this as well and was told, “The person should do as much good as he can with the intention and understanding that his deeds will be multiplied in Ramadan.” And for sure, a person in these circumstances must be sure to make his day different from any day outside of Ramadan. When our work calls upon us in this blessed month it can be easy to slide back into the habits and routine of a day outside of Ramadan and so it would be good for you or anyone else to distinguish his days in Ramadan even if he cannot be fasting or attending the masjid as he normally would. Reading extra Quran, making more athkaar, guarding the tongue to a higher degree and being less talkative are all means to distinguish your days from those days outside of Ramadan and Allah knows best.

]]> By: A Nightingale http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25187 A Nightingale Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:55:07 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25187 That was really well written and organized. Jazakullah khair for putting this together. I think I'm going to show this to my students to motivate them during this next month. May Allah make this Ramadan the most beneficial for all of us, and may He accept all our good deeds, and over look our shortcomings, ameen. That was really well written and organized. Jazakullah khair for putting this together. I think I’m going to show this to my students to motivate them during this next month.

May Allah make this Ramadan the most beneficial for all of us, and may He accept all our good deeds, and over look our shortcomings, ameen.

]]> By: ibnabeeomar http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25076 ibnabeeomar Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25076 jazakallahu khayr, that was a great summary jazakallahu khayr, that was a great summary

]]> By: Nirgaz http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25058 Nirgaz Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:51:41 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25058 JazakAllah Khair for the article! I will be keeping these things in mind. May Allah grant all our fasts and enable us to do as much ibadah and reflection as possible in this Blessed Month! Umsalih JazakAllah Khair for the article!

I will be keeping these things in mind.

May Allah grant all our fasts and enable us to do as much ibadah and reflection as possible in this Blessed Month!

Umsalih

]]> By: Ibn Masood http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25049 Ibn Masood Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:43:36 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25049 JazakAllahu khairan for the 25 page ideas! JazakAllahu khairan for the 25 page ideas!

]]> By: sisterindeen http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25048 sisterindeen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:38:22 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/08/27/hitting-the-ground-running-in-ramadan/#comment-25048 Mukhtasar Sahih al Bukhari, Book of Fasting: 944 Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) Hamza bin 'Amr Al-Aslami asked the Prophet, "Should I fast while traveling?" The Prophet replied, "You may fast if you wish, and you may not fast if you wish." 945 Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle set out for Mecca in Ramadan and he fasted, and when he reached Al-Kadid, he broke his fast and the people (with him) broke their fast too. (Abu 'Abdullah said, "Al-Kadid is a land covered with water between Usfan and Qudaid.") 946 Narrated Abu Ad-Darda: We set out with Allah's Apostle on one of his journeys on a very hot day, and it was so hot that one had to put his hand over his head because of the severity of heat. None of us was fasting except the Prophet and Ibn Rawaha. 947 Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: Allah's Apostle was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the man) is fasting." The Prophet said, "It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey." 948 Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to travel with the Prophet and neither did the fasting persons criticize those who were not fasting, nor did those who were not fasting criticize the fasting ones. Allahu ta'ala a'lam Mukhtasar Sahih al Bukhari, Book of Fasting:

944

Narrated ‘Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) Hamza bin ‘Amr Al-Aslami asked the Prophet, “Should I fast while traveling?” The Prophet replied, “You may fast if you wish, and you may not fast if you wish.”

945

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: Allah’s Apostle set out for Mecca in Ramadan and he fasted, and when he reached Al-Kadid, he broke his fast and the people (with him) broke their fast too. (Abu ‘Abdullah said, “Al-Kadid is a land covered with water between Usfan and Qudaid.”)

946

Narrated Abu Ad-Darda: We set out with Allah’s Apostle on one of his journeys on a very hot day, and it was so hot that one had to put his hand over his head because of the severity of heat. None of us was fasting except the Prophet and Ibn Rawaha.

947

Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah: Allah’s Apostle was on a journey and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by them). He asked, “What is the matter?” They said, “He (the man) is fasting.” The Prophet said, “It is not righteousness that you fast on a journey.”

948

Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to travel with the Prophet and neither did the fasting persons criticize those who were not fasting, nor did those who were not fasting criticize the fasting ones.

Allahu ta’ala a’lam

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