Ramadhan Mubarak !

May Allah accept our fasts and prayers, Ameen !

In Bahrain, the first fast is either on Tuesday or Wednesday - how about you folks ? any indications yet ?

Fast is malaysia is either 4th or 5th which means tuesday or wednesday.

Some random malay guy will come on air after maghirb, and speak something in malay and then go off air. I have to use all my malay skills to determine what he said.

Tuesday or Wednesday in Oz as well. And to my great fortune, I have an exam on Wednesday AT iftar time.

In MiddleEast - they fire canons to announce the arrival of Ramadhan!! You cant miss it - no need for any language course there !

Yeah, its usually audible across the vast island, but if not, BTV would tell you

When I used to live in Jeddah - they had a massive canon - right next to Jeddahs premier heart hospital !!! Wonder how many Muslims survived that Ramadhan !

ramadhan mubarak from me to all ppers and lets all try to use this month to improve our imaaan and carry on throughout the whole year like this ameen.

Over here in UK, Ramadhan starts on Tuesday.

Ramzan mubarak everyone. This month should be a training camp and carry on after ramzan like we spent ramzan. The satans will be locked up so we must make the most of it

Ramadan Mubarak to all, InshAllah we make the most of the rewards offered during this month

Ramadhan Mubarak to all may Allah make this month for us means of earning He's Pleasure and forgiveness and accept all our good deeds Aameen.

Ramadan mubarak to all PPers

what about us here in the uk?

Tune in to Radio Ramadhan in Sutton !

Ramadhan Mubarak!!!!!!!!!!!
evry1 make sure u go to tarawih namaz also!!!!

Salaam Brothers, Ramadan Mubarak to you and your families!

Ramadhan mubarak to veryone in advance.

Some was saying that there is solar eclips b/w tuesday and wednesday. Probablity is that moon will not showup before wednesday. I did not get a chance to verify this.

solar eclipse is today(monday)

oh yeah

Ramadhan Mubarak

okay....more details... where the heck is sutton?for ppl not living in England.

Ramdhan Mubarak Bhaio.

Ramdan Mubbarak every 1
ll start 4th or 5th Oct here as well

can't wait to have some Haleem at iftar time

One of the ex councillors in Sutton, Surryey (UK) runs a special FM station during Ramadhan - very good stuff with Nasheeds, Naats etc at Sehri and Iftaar times

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/i...hp?article=1683

for more details

Ramzan mumbarak all!

Ramzan Mubarak to everyone here.

Im gonna find out in 20 min whether ramadan starts tomorrow or the day after.

ramadhan mubarak all..

Ramadhan Mubarak to all...In UK it starts on Wednesday, i have been told.

so any confirmation yet?

In Pakistan its either on Wednesday or Thursday we are always behind the world.

it seems as though it is going to be on wedenesday so seen as i am going to be up early up in the morning i can watch half of the australia vs world thing wohooooooo

so tarawiah tonight??

yes it is.

just watching Saudi Tv -they are doing tarawiah.

Ramadan mubarak all!

Yep - its tomorrow as well! Missed my taraweeh cos as usual our mullahs cant decide if they have seen the moon until its Isha time !

Ramadhan Mubarak to all.

They must be busy finishing their Halwaas

Ramadan Mubarak all

Ramadan Mubarak to all

Gotta go tarawee in about 10mins - my legs are ot looking forward to it

Yeah I am going taravih right now!

RAMADHAN MUBARAK!


May we take hold of this opportunity in this blessed month to nourish our souls insha'Allah!

Ramadan Mubarak to all !!!!!!!!

ramadan mubarak

Ramadan mubarak to all PPer's.

Ramadhan Mubarak! One question, so what time do we wake up at Sery(pardon my spelling)? Miggy Saab are you preparing the food!

'Sehri' it is

Yeah Miggy just called to invite me to Iftar BUT he is being too tight with his money and refuses to buy me a ticket to get there

MIG
I will be celebrating teh arrival of Ramadan by going to the Al Abraaj Resteraunt in Sitra ;)

does anyone here know the neeyat for fast, i forgor it

Does ramzan start in the US on tuesday as well?

Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan Mubarik...

I need to ask a question.

If I enter the period of fasting, like after fajr azan, in a state of impurity e.g after wet dream etc, will my fast not be valid? Do I have to do ghusl before the start of the fasting day or is it alright to start fasting and then do ghusl for fajr namaaz?

Inshallah, the fast is valid.

The things that break the fast are clear and well-known. This is not one of them. I think there was a thread where Saeed Anwar194 or somebody put up a list of things that invalidate one's fast. I'll try to see if it exists.

There is a Hadith related by Ayesha radiallahu anha that is mentioned in Al Albaani's "Jami'i Sagheer" (I'm not sure which of the Sahih Sitta it is in; Mercenary, Saeed Anwar194 others, please help!).

I'll try and translate it as best I can from Arabic.

Ayesha states that Rasool Allah was late waking up for Suhoor one day in Ramadan. Infact, the Adhaan for Fajr had already taken place and there was just enough time to make a quick ghusul (he was in a state of janabah)before he (sallahu alahi wassalam) headed to the masjid to lead the Fajr salat. Rasool Allah fasted that day so this hadith is evidence that one may start his/her fast even in a condition of sexual "impurity".

On another note, it is odd how the English word for "janabah" has been translated in numerous texts as 'impurity". An Arab would never use the term to denote "impurity". Sex is not considered an "impure" act in Islaam nor are sexual emissions, male or female considered impure.

Anyway, aplogies for sort of inadvertently hijacking this thread.

Thanks for that info Ace Base. Really appreciate it.

Recieved from a friend of mine today:

Dear All,

May Allah increase your IMAAN, grant you IHSAAN, bestow you with SABR, delight you in DHIKR, bless you with TAQWA, accept your TAWBA and honour you in JANNAH in this month of all months. May you and your family relish and receive all the AJAR during this month.
Best regards

Ameen Indeed !

well in most of the US almost 90%aren't fasting today. and only few r fasting those who r back from Arab countires. BTW did all Arab countries fast on tuesday? and what about Pakistan?

Saudi/Bahrain/UAE are fasting on Tuesday

shukran akhi. so that means majority of the Muslim countires will fast from wednesday.

Apparently in peshawar is started on tuesday but in lahore and karachi its on wednesday i think.

not all of the uk has started today some are starting tommorow

Just done Iftaar !!! Alhamdolillah !

3 hrs to Iftaar in the Vodafone office in Newbury. I am well stocked up.

@ Kashif !! I can see some good service coming customer way after Iftaar !

ramadan mubarek to everyone.

Is there a place on the net where you can get a ramadan timetable? i have searched but found nothing can anyone help?

y don't u get it from your local mosque.

I travel to different locations so i was wondering if their was a website
where you could put location and it would tell you what time to break the
fast.

As for my local mosque- the people running it have lost the respect of most
people since last year fiasco when they started fasting two days later than the rest of uk.

in walsall we starting fasting tmoz
so gonna go mosque to read taraweeh in half hour

jus came bak
legs acheing

what time is esha in walsall???
i find the 2nd day the hardest

esha is 8pm in walsall

thats quite good! its at 9pm here - tarawee doesnt finish til 10:30pm which is a little late imo

8:30 here in ilford...

It just feels like a month ago was the last ramadhan. Time sometimes seems passing faster than the clocks in our home. Amazing.

every year ppl start fasting on different days...it all depends when the new moon is sighted in the countryu r residing.

so ppl in walsall, ilford etc wakeup..u aint in Pak!

tarawih finishes in London at 10pm...

I really find it odd that ramadan starts on different days throughout the country! i mean one masjid here is starting 2moro

I think we should appreciate the current ramadan cos each year its harder cos the daylight hours get longer - in about 4-5 years it is gonna be solid

the thing is if main authority in the uk sights the moon.. u dont wait for for assome pakistani built masjids decide to do it according to pakistan time...thats is wrong imo.

Same goes with the turkish community.
June will be a killer month..by then i will have a steady job and will take my summer hols during Ramadhan.

Fasting made easy

You should eat slow-digesting foods because they contain grains and seeds. Examples are barley, wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, etc.; whole meal flour; whole meal pasta; unpolished rice. They are also known as complex carbohydrates