http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/ content is king Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:00:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 noodlez Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:47:03 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1281 eid mubarak waleed! eid mubarak waleed!

]]> http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 baji Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:51:54 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1275 salaam and eid mubarak! i spent my eid prayers in a local school's gymnasium and praying on a basketball court but with all of my muslim bretheren surround me, i didn't mind. insha'Allah, the shine of the month of ramadan will linger in your heart a bit longer; at least enough to get you to the month of hajj! :) salaam and eid mubarak! i spent my eid prayers in a local school’s gymnasium and praying on a basketball court but with all of my muslim bretheren surround me, i didn’t mind. insha’Allah, the shine of the month of ramadan will linger in your heart a bit longer; at least enough to get you to the month of hajj!

]]> http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Anjum Sun, 14 Nov 2004 04:18:00 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1272 and here I thought it was just me having a lonely Ramadan. In a way, I wish it WERE just me. It saddens my heart to see that Muslims everywhere -- for example, in the mideast (you), in Pakistan (Owl), in California (Yasmine), in Jersey (me) -- are feeling a lack of brother/sisterhood, even in Ramadan. I pray that even if we were on our own, we made some progress with ourselves. May Allah swt strengthen our hearts in the deen throughout the year, not just in Ramadan. Ameen to your dua as well. and here I thought it was just me having a lonely Ramadan. In a way, I wish it WERE just me. It saddens my heart to see that Muslims everywhere — for example, in the mideast (you), in Pakistan (Owl), in California (Yasmine), in Jersey (me) — are feeling a lack of brother/sisterhood, even in Ramadan. I pray that even if we were on our own, we made some progress with ourselves. May Allah swt strengthen our hearts in the deen throughout the year, not just in Ramadan. Ameen to your dua as well.

]]> http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 yasmine Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:21:25 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1271 Ameen to that beautiful du'a, Waleed. As for Ramadan being over - I felt that, too. When it began, it didn't feel like Ramadan in the first place. Halfway through, I kept thinking it was all over, and then I'd go to taraweeh at the masjid and breathe a sigh of relief and think, "Oh wait! There's still time left!" But it was difficult to shake off that feeling of emptiness for the rest of the month, and sitting here now, on the last afternoon before Eid, it feels like Ramadan was never here in the first place anyway. Still, may we be granted the discipline and strength to continue (or increase) our devotion and worship throughout the months that follow, inshaAllah. Ameen to that beautiful du’a, Waleed.
As for Ramadan being over – I felt that, too. When it began, it didn’t feel like Ramadan in the first place. Halfway through, I kept thinking it was all over, and then I’d go to taraweeh at the masjid and breathe a sigh of relief and think, “Oh wait! There’s still time left!” But it was difficult to shake off that feeling of emptiness for the rest of the month, and sitting here now, on the last afternoon before Eid, it feels like Ramadan was never here in the first place anyway. Still, may we be granted the discipline and strength to continue (or increase) our devotion and worship throughout the months that follow, inshaAllah.

]]> http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2004/11/welcome-oeid/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Owl Sat, 13 Nov 2004 01:35:11 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1270 Ramadan in Pakistan has become more isolated for us as well, despite the fact that we also live in a 'Muslim' country. The past four years, devoid of much congregational prayer and Islamic gatherings, has caused my deen to become very internal and independent - which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Consequently, I'm rarely comfortable in a masjid and I don't seem to have much love for the living and present Ummah. I need to learn how to get past my own expectations and comparisons and make the most Islamically with what I have here. Ramadan in Pakistan has become more isolated for us as well, despite the fact that we also live in a ‘Muslim’ country. The past four years, devoid of much congregational prayer and Islamic gatherings, has caused my deen to become very internal and independent – which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Consequently, I’m rarely comfortable in a masjid and I don’t seem to have much love for the living and present Ummah. I need to learn how to get past my own expectations and comparisons and make the most Islamically with what I have here.

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