http://zainubskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/ramadan-and-women-removing-the-obstacles-to-spiritual-success/ A collection of reflections Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://zainubskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/ramadan-and-women-removing-the-obstacles-to-spiritual-success/#comment-8 Editor @ IJTEMA Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:08:28 +0000 http://zainubskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/ramadan-and-women-removing-the-obstacles-to-spiritual-success/#comment-8 Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah I pray that you are in the best of health & imaan. This is a short message to notify you that this entry has been selected for publishing on <a href="http://www.ijtema.net" rel="nofollow">IJTEMA, a venture to highlight the best of the Muslim blogosphere</a>. To find out more about <a href="http://www.ijtema.net" rel="nofollow">IJTEMA</a>, and how you can further contribute, please click <a href="http://www.ijtema.net/about-ijtemanet/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. May Allah bless you for your noble efforts. Wa'salam Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullah
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]]> http://zainubskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/ramadan-and-women-removing-the-obstacles-to-spiritual-success/#comment-7 Muslimahs, Get Out Of The Kitchen! at Ijtema Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:07:42 +0000 http://zainubskaleidoscope.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/ramadan-and-women-removing-the-obstacles-to-spiritual-success/#comment-7 [...] A sisterly reminder for the Muslimahs to make the most of their Ramadan - preferably outside of the ... It is undeniable that a lot of women are, because of this misplaced notion of women’s role in religion, inevitably left with very few, if any, opportunities to maximize their rewards during Ramadan. But equally, some of us have no one but our self to blame. A lot of us do have the resources, the time and the chance to engage in these activities but yet we consider it wiser to de-prioritise them, and instead waste this unique month, by intentional choice, in either free reign shopping, just for the sake of it socializing or grandiose cooking, and in the process, defeating the whole concept behind fasting in the first place (that of controlling one’s worldly desires). [...] [...] A sisterly reminder for the Muslimahs to make the most of their Ramadan – preferably outside of the … It is undeniable that a lot of women are, because of this misplaced notion of women’s role in religion, inevitably left with very few, if any, opportunities to maximize their rewards during Ramadan. But equally, some of us have no one but our self to blame. A lot of us do have the resources, the time and the chance to engage in these activities but yet we consider it wiser to de-prioritise them, and instead waste this unique month, by intentional choice, in either free reign shopping, just for the sake of it socializing or grandiose cooking, and in the process, defeating the whole concept behind fasting in the first place (that of controlling one’s worldly desires). [...]

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