Ramadhan Kareem

Tonite..Muslims will start with Solat Terawih and from tomorrow we will begin fasting. Subhanallah..berjumpa lagi Ramadhan kali ini....This morning before leaving for school Zayd asked : "Ma..what time is Terawih? Hmm..after isya..probably about 8pm or so...Again he asked : Are we going to the masjid tonite? Insyaállah....Again he asked : Will it be long..I may have homework to do and to sleep early to wake up for sahur? Hmm...I said: Only 8 rakaahs plus 3 witir..it's not going to be very long...Think of the hasanah in Ramadhan for all deeds you are going to do..I said to him....Then he just smile..Yeah..okey..and went of to school...

I need to do some time management for Ramadhan....firstly bcos I want to attend some Quran classes or to read them on my own....Next...to get the kids ready with their homework and also have time for terawih if possible...And most important...Waking up for sahur as fajar is at 3:55am and kids got to wake up for school at 6:00am...this is usually the trying time. Preparing for Iftaar will be nothing grand..it is as normal as can be with addition of dates and myb some sweet delicasies..But..we want to change the habit of break the fast and fill-up the plate first before solat Maghrib...getting the kids to break the fast and do maghrib first and than eat and get ready for isya'and teraweh..this is my aim..I know they will tend to have loads of homework and its gonna be an excuse plus the waking up in the middle of the nite and myb sleep again and wake up for school..all in short intervals..But hey...I believe they won't loose much in terms of school work..We do one good thing and we tend to get more good things coming our way....

As for me...now planning what time to wake up and prepare sahoor and wake the rest of the family pulak...and thinking what..oh..what to cooked..got to expand my menu...

Ayman will be fasting at his hostel and this weekend probably if he's back than we will be together...Adzrul will be with his abah..wonder how the two bujangs will fare...Insyaállah we might be able to spend part of Ramadhan after 7 long years of inability to do so...Zayd has started to complete the whole month since two years back..Hannah has got no problem fasting in ramadhan & infact she started fasting earlier than Zayd...only that this year she will have to miss out some days and make up for it later..and this is the hard part...

May Allah showers us and inscrease for us with His Rewards and He holds us firm on His path...and May we be muslims thru and true..may He forgive us for our sins and accept our deeds and showers His blessings on our parents...amin..

Ramadhan Kareem....

p/s..Happy 51st Birthday Malaysia..May we got to see changes for the future of the next generation...May good intentions comes to form and May Allah swt Bless Our Nation and it's People...