Ramadan! a month of Fasting or Feasting?

[Dispatcher]

Very well said OP. It has taken the form of a cultural event now. IT should be eat to live not otherwise especially during Ramadan and the whole motive behind the religious aspect of it. To keep a check on our never ending desires...

[ibadaslam872]

Very well said

[getscorpion]

“And eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allâh) likes not Al-Musrifûn (those who waste by extravagance)”
[Sûrah al-A`râf: 7:31]

Extravagance leads overstepping the mark, which means eating beyond the point of fullness. This is not limited to one or two or three meals a day. A person may eat one meal a day and eat extravagantly during that meal. Or he may eat three meals without being extravagant.

He Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “The child of Adam fills no vessel worse than his stomach. Sufficient for the child of Adam are a few morsels to keep his back straight. If he must eat more, then a third should be for his food, a third for his drink, and a third left for air.”
[Sunan al-Tirmidhî (2380) and Musnad Ahmad (17186) and authenticated by al-Albânî in Sahîh al-Jâmi`]

[iqbalz]

Very well said

Allah swt hum sb ko samjne aur amal kerne ki taufeeq ata fermaie

[hasooboy]

Nice share

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[Farhansa]

• I am 100% agreed with the poster of this thread.
• I perform iftari by eating a date or drinking water + simple dinner.
• We should eat less in the month of Ramzan but unfortunately we eat double in this holy month.
• Iftar without samosas, pakoras, chaat, juices etc is a nightmare for many persons.
• Iftari k qareeb har koi iftari lay k aisay bhaag raha hota hai jaisay us ka last meal ho.

kya iftari sirf khajoor khanay say nahe hoti?
kya iftari sirf pani penay say nahe hoti?
kya iftari routine ka dinner karnay say nahe hoti?

[getscorpion]

^^^exactly .. first we adopted the crappy tradition of these samosaas, pakoraas to our holy fast .... and now this new mad era of iftaar/sahoor deals ... eat and enjoy variety of meals till u explode ..... making a joke of the holiest month of the year was never that easy before .... people hv absolutley forgot that Ramadan is a session of selfcontrol and to feel the pain of poor..... physical body which is consistently given its desires the rest of the year should deprived of its pleasures and the spiritual body which is otherwise consistently starved should be fed ... but sadly here people likes to feel the pain of stomach from overeating ....

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[ahsan1702]

The reason sadly is within our own traditions and values ... the desi values .. bachpan say ghar main yehi sab chalta hai. Iftar hai, 10-12 items honay lazmi. Rooh Afza, dahi baray blah blah blah. Same for sehri. Khajla pheni blah blah blah

Businessess have obviously capatilzed on it too, and you see food you would normally not even bother buying in normal days.

Me ? I usually just have a normal meal in Iftar. Biryani, salan ... whatever it is. Or Tea with something. Ive even done a biscuit and tea iftar. But thats usually cus im the only one fasting. (Parents cant due to illness')

[Farhansa]

@getscorpiom
what u take in Iftaar?

[getscorpion]

i open iftaar with three dates and a glass of water with a little serving of any fruit usually mango or banana ... after prayer hit the gym then dinner before isha prayers ...

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[Dispatcher]

^^^exactly .. first we adopted the crappy tradition of these samosaas, pakoraas to our holy fast .... and now this new mad era of iftaar/sahoor deals ... eat and enjoy variety of meals till u explode ..... making a joke of the holiest month of the year was never that easy before .... people hv absolutley forgot that Ramadan is a session of selfcontrol and to feel the pain of poor..... physical body which is consistently given its desires the rest of the year should deprived of its pleasures and the spiritual body which is otherwise consistently starved should be fed ... but sadly here people likes to feel the pain of stomach from overeating ....

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ssssh they will ban you for that. it all about ripping customers and playing with their beliefs

[Mfuad786]

i open iftaar with three dates and a glass of water with a little serving of any fruit usually mango or banana ... after prayer hit the gym then dinner before isha prayers ...

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MashaALLAH,

it makes me feel that I'm not the only one.
Some fruit with Milk or juice in Iftaar and thats it.
then i have dinner After Isha.
And what's the benefit of this practice? That Awesome and light feeling standing in Taraweeh.

But whenever i get invited to Some Iftar Party. I feel really bad and dizzy in Taraweeh.

[getscorpion]

^ Jazak Allah bro ...u see we aren't the only ones .. yeah iftar parties can be tempting but the trick is to consume more fluid like water and juices ... that way u will not only quickly rehydrate ur body but also u hv not much desire left to eat ...

[getscorpion]

here watch live makkah salah/tawaf/taraweeh ....

[video]http://www.youtube.com/user/MakkahLive[/video]

[Vajih102]

At my place there is just good iftari, no dinner. So half saving this Ramadan.
Breakfast is normal and due to heat, everyone drinks loads of water.

I guess this is simple too.

[getscorpion]

not only these so called ramdan deals kills the purpose of Holy month but they also put heavy strain on ur pocket and health ...

the simple things one should eat in iftaar/sahoor along with plain water..

the worst things one can eat in iftaar/sahoor along with carbonated drinks ..

[Vajih102]

Where'd the word Suhoor come from? It's Sehri!

[getscorpion]

Where'd the word Suhoor come from? It's Sehri!

bro original word is suhoor in arabic .... sehri is the urdu version ..

[Vajih102]

Thanks Scorpion. I get it!

[zia1288]

• Iftari k qareeb har koi iftari lay k aisay bhaag raha hota hai jaisay us ka last meal ho.

That's true and it throws the main purpose of ramdan out of window which is to teach us to be calm ( sabar karna). Usually people on cars/bikes are yelling on roads, 'roza hai yahin maro ge kya' ( in very rude tune )