10 things

My heart goes for

1. All innocent people in #Gaza who are being bombed and shelled and especially the children who are being brutally killed
2. The girls who are being kidnapped by Boko Haram propaganda
3. The Christians who are being driven out and Shias who are being killed by ISIS
4. All the girls in my country who are suffering injustice for just being born as girls
5. The kid who was raped by school teacher in my city
6. Loads of Syrians, Iranis etc. who are living under bombs and oppression
7. All parents who lost their children
8. All children who lost their parents
9. All who are denied their basic right to choose and practice their faith and yet compelled to accept or practice another - I am totally shaken by the religious intolerance creeping through the country and the world, especially Islamic world. 
10. Last not least, all who are living under oppression, whose basic rights are denied and regardless of what faith they practice and where they belong!

Project 365 :: Week 29

Day 194: A tiny tomato from our balcony plant! 

Day 195: Shhh... prayer time!

Day 196: I don't know what is it called; got recipe from a friend, you may call it meat idly.. ;)

10 Things :: Ramadan

10 important things from the month of Ramadan (month of fasting)

1. Ramadan Crescent (which declares the starting of month Ramadan)
2. Suhur (Food taken before sunrise)
3. Iftar (Breaking of fast)
4. Tharaveeh (Long night prayers)
5. Loads of prayers, acts of worships, charity
6. Forgiveness and seeking forgiveness 
7. Abstaining from everything that's evil
8. Reading a lot from Quran
9. The Night of Power (which happens in one of last 10 days of Ramadan)
10. Shavval Crescent (the sighting declares end of month Ramadan)

Hope your (if applicable to you) Ramadan is going great! 

Project 365: Week 28

Day 187: Attending an iftar party. Waiting for adhaan although she is not fasting.. :)

Day 188: Sweet corn cutlets from today's menu

Day 189: Ice tea prepared for iftar (breaking of fast)

Project 365: Week 27

Day 180: Ramadan fasting day 1: Meat cutlets from iftar (breaking of fast) menu
Day 181: Liya's Ramadan project- a charity box. We are going to collect coins everyday through Ramadan and contribute to some cause, In Sha Allah!
Day 182: Custard fruit salad from iftart menu
Day 183: Irachi Pathirni or Stuffed meat bread from iftar menu

Ramadan Kareem

We wish you all a blessed Ramadan. The busiest month with 17 hours of fasting, long night prayers, less sleeping hours... Rolling up our sleeves and all set to welcome the blessed month!


Ramadan Mubarak to all!

Half way through Ramadan

How fast days are flying by! We have already finished 15 days of fasting, that means half part of the blessed month has gone behind the curtains. 
* I am not denying the fact that the first few days of fasting were tougher. Nursing, work and longer hours of fasting was kinda of exhausting. Every evening I suffered from bad headache, as well. But Allah, the Merciful has showered his blessings in the form of RAIN.

 It's been raining heavily here for last few days, I no longer feel tired. Alhamdulillah *Thank God*. In fact, I don't even feel that I am not eating or drinking.

Ramadan Updates

This is my second Ramadan with little Liya, but first one in USA. Her first ever Ramadan was in Hyderabad, India.
As per the tradition of Indian muslims, we clean up entire house and household items on the previous day of Ramadan, some people do it on 15th day of Shabaan (the month before Ramadan). You might be  wondering what's the relation between house cleaning and fasting. But I personally feel that it is a simple and beautiful way to welcome Holy month to our home, minds and life. It also indicates the need of cleaning our inner minds along with the surroundings.

Pathiri (thin rice pan cakes) before thawing

Learning Lingo ~ Months in Arabic

As you must be knowing, the Holy month of Ramadan is here, starting from tomorrow. We are getting ready to purify our minds from sins and to fast through the day for the sake of Almighty Allah. Do you know what is Ramadan..? It is the nine-th month of Arabic calendar in which Quran was revealed for the guidence of mankind. Click here to know bit more about Ramadan.

source- google

Liya's first Ramdan, even though she doesn't fast.. :)

Ramdan, the holy month has started few days back.

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"Ramdan is the 9th month of Islamic Calender (Hijra Calender), and is the month in which the first verses of the Holy Qur'an were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is the month of fasting, in which muslims round the globe refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset. Fasting is intended to teach Muslims about patience, humility, and spirituality. Muslims offer more prayer than usual, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, ask forgiveness for past sins, increase charity etc."

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