Ideas for Ramadan in the USA!!!!!!!!!!

[masriahmuslimah]

Asalam~O~Alykum

Does anyone have any ideas of what Muslims in the USA can do in Ramadan. Especially for Teens who r in school at this time of year. Thanx

Salam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Masriahmuslimah

[masriahmuslimah]

Asalam~O~Alykum

I could c that no one has any ideas of what Muslims in the USA can do in Ramadan.

Salam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Masriahmuslimah

[Ibn_kumuna]

Salaam Alaikum!

May the blessings of Allah (swt) be upon you all, Ameen!

Well, I'm a convert to Islam. I converted in 2001 right before Ramadan, so Ramadan has a double meaning: It was a time when the Prophet (saw) received the Quran from Allah (swt), and when I turned my life from the darkness of atheism/nihilism and converted to Islam. During this point in time, I reflect back on the time of the Prophet (saw) when he, and his small ummah, faced opposition from the polytheistic Meccans. I use this event as a peculiar reflection of today. We are being hunted through the non-Muslim west. So, during the time of Ramadan I tend to dress Sunnah to reenact a time when being Muslims wasn't always easy. What I'm trying to state, is that, we could use Ramadan as a time to unify ourselves and forget the differences that exist between us. Ramadan is a blessed time of the year for Muslims, and our attention should be laid upon pleasing Allah (swt) through fasting. I know it's quite difficult for us young Muslims. I'm 20 and I'm a University student, so I understand the pressure that we can (will?) face.

I hope I made sense in these lines. If not, please let me know so that I can clear up the prose.

In any event, take care and Allah (swt) bless

Ibn_Kumuna (i.e. the convert)

[masriahmuslimah]

Asalam~O~Alykum

Thanx alot 4 ur reply. Well I really understand the pressure of being a Muslim especially in the USA. Well I am also a teenager and I also wear hijab so that is a lot of pressure and lot of questions from other (non-Muslims). Al7amduallah the area I live in almost everyone knows about Ramadan and Muslims and they really r understanding, but also there r some odds to it 2. Like last year I was walking by a class and then a person just poped-up of nowhere and called me and my friend terrorist. I was shocked because the school I go 2 is very diverse and that was the first odd thing that happened. It even didn't happened when 9/11 happened it happened 2 years later. Well I guess I went off topic. Well thanx a lot 4 ur advise about Ramadan and hope u have a great Ramadan with a lot of prayer and Quarnic reading also with Allah's forgivness.

Salam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Masriahmuslimah

[Ibn_kumuna]

Salaam Alaikum

That's pretty unfortunate that he/she had to speak with such vulgarity. Such actions not only upset me but suprises me as well, since, we Americans always boast about how accepting we are to difference. I guess, as they say, "..it ain't necessarily so." Be that as it may, I sympathize with you on the point. It would do us considerably well to take note of what happened and use it for positive purposes. When events like that transpire, it should be a wake-up call to fellow Muslims that the slandering is still nigh and we shouldn't let down our guard. I'm quite aware of many cases where Muslims (Muslimah's particularly) received the brute of the 9/11 backlash. Given the enormity the barbarous and stupefying attacks that were laid upon Muslims, it's in our best duty to take this opportunity and unite. There's simply no need to perpetuate the situation. I believe that's the only way we can combat these social pornographers (what I call them).

Once again, my main point is Islamic unification. As long as we exploit our differences, and spend unnecessary time discussing our differences, we hand the ammunition to the Islam antagonizers.

I hope I made sense in these lines.

Take care, and Allah (swt) bless, Ameen

Ibn _kumuna (i.e. the convert)

[Ali]

Assalaamoalaikum

Take some time out each day, to read a part of the quran, with its translation, and the tafseer. Also read the seerah of the Prophet Muhammed (SAW) regularly.

<b>Ramadan: The TV Free Month. Our best chance of kicking the television habit comes in Ramadan every year. It is the time of year when every Muslim who has any trace of Iman in his or her heart, is naturally inclined toward doing good and staying away from evil. And it should be like that. Did not the Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, curse the Muslim who finds Ramadan but does not use it to seek forgiveness for his previous sins? If we cannot leave sins or vain activities during Ramadan, when can we? We not only have the strongest moral and religious reasons to do so, it is also easy because the regular activities of Ramadan leave little time to be wasted in front of television.</b>

Muslim organizations and communities will do a great service by launching a campaign to declare Ramadan as the TV free month. Urge all the Muslims in your community to turn it off for at least one month. And who knows, after one month many may decide to stay away from it because of the personal insights they got through the experience.

Taken from

understanding TV

May Allah accept our prayers, and give us taufeeq to do more and more acts of worship during the month of Ramadan.

-- Ali

[masriahmuslimah]

Asalam~O~Alykum

Thanx alot brother Ali inshalllah me and my friends will try to do as you said. I hope you have a great Ramadan.

Salam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Masriahmuslimah:D