fasting

Abu Huraira related that Rasulullah said: Many people who fast get nothing from their fast except hunger and thirst, and many people who pray at night get nothing from it except wakefulness (Darimi).

Ramadan is often accompanied by feasting. Food-binging on oily, sugary items in Ramadan is the norm in the Muslim communities. Read Healthy 7 Ramadan Tips

Muslim parents need to keep their kids' teachers informed and engaged regarding important Islamic practices and events. Here is a sample letter about Ramadan to your child's teacher.

The main purpose of fasting is described in the Quran as "so that you may attain Taqwa or God-consciousness." Fasting is thus yet another instrument for bringing us closer to our natural state, our state of Fitrah.

This is a video review of "Adam's World 9: Ramadan Mubarak", in which Adam learns about the fast of Ramadan Mubarak, as he tries himself to abstain, with great (and hilarious) difficulty from food and drink on the holy month's last day. 

It's not avoiding food or even the drink I'm worried about this Ramadan. Fasting from these, the core of what the Ramadan experience is about, is hard but Alhamdu lillah doable. What I'm really worried about is email and Facebook.

How does Ramadan impart new meaning and force to Fasting, what is the true meaning of Ramadan? Put simply: by prescribing for it the time of Ramadan. This may sound like making things too simplistic, or trivializing the important. But Ramadan is no trivial event.