Any Muslims on eXceem! - I am :)

[wolf]

ouch, that must be murder, i couldnt live without water.
At least the days are short atm, plus its colder so you wont be like, dehydrated.

[mozfadz]

It's ok, feel hungry and thirsty sometimes but then just get over it. I'm pretty occupied to think about it anyways!

[Stigmatized]

Well I didn't eat anything today .. so it can be done :P

Stigma

[rockykabir]

I can't confirm the source but I think Kanoute + some other muslim football players used to train and fast whilst playing.

Thats not that bad as battles were fought with soldiers fasting back in the day(!)

Although strictly speaking the prime reason for fasting isn't to recreate living in poverty, it does put into perspective that many people are literally fasting for years with perhaps only 1 meal whilst working in terrible working conditions.

[ali4life]

Originally Posted by rockykabir

I can't confirm the source but I think Kanoute + some other muslim football players used to train and fast whilst playing.

Yup, its a fact Kolo Toure used to fast whilst still playing for Arsenal. I have heard countless accounts of him praying five times a day, despite his time-consuming and demanding profession as a professional football player.

For sure this Ramadhan is proving to be one of the most toughest yet, well at least for me it is! with the start of Uni and work coinciding with Ramadhan, its proving to be a real challenge, but with the grace of Allah (SWT) i have managd to keep them all so far (xcept 1 ).

[nayeemsattar]

The fast has been going well for me so far. I will miss a day when I fly to Cape Town this week but I will make it up because Eid in CT is a day later. I have already packed suitcases full of Eid presents for the kids. Fasting is not easy but Eid makes it worthwhile.

[biggad]

blimey there is a lot of muslims on here. What a multicultral forum we have here.

[mattflower]

I understand why you fast but I thought it was a physical impossibility to go a week without water?
Or do you fast all day then you area allowed a drink of water at night?

[rockykabir]

Originally Posted by mattflower

I understand why you fast but I thought it was a physical impossibility to go a week without water?
Or do you fast all day then you area allowed a drink of water at night?

Lol...don't worry mate, that's a common misconception

The fast is from prior to sunrise all the way to sunset.

More specifically: we have a meal (Sehri) prior to the morning prayer (Fajr). The breaking of the fast (Iftar) happens at the time prior to the evening prayer (Maghrib) at Sunset. Iftar is usually packed out with plenty of food and fruits.

.....now you can impress your mates with your extensive knowledge!

[GafferTape]

Originally Posted by ali4life

Yup, its a fact Kolo Toure used to fast whilst still playing for Arsenal. I have heard countless accounts of him praying five times a day, despite his time-consuming and demanding profession as a professional football player.

Yeah, must be a hard life training for three hours a day and having the rest of the day off.

[bmh16]

What's the point of fasting? What do you get out from apart from losing weight, and feeling hungry/thirsty?

Ben

[zara]

[goodapollo]

Originally Posted by biker14

What's the point of fasting? What do you get out from apart from losing weight, and feeling hungry/thirsty?

Ben

What's the point in having a thread, if no-one reads it?!

Originally Posted by rockykabir

Muslims were commanded to do so in the Qu'ran and it is one the pillars (fundamentals) of Islam. Fasting is actually prevalent in many religions other than the abrahamic ones. It's quite a refreshing experience...Definitely I found that as you get older, you begin to realise and reflect on many issues about yourself, those close to you and your beliefs. I look forward to this time of the year all the time!

[bmh16]

So does this lasts the whole of the month?

[GafferTape]

You've heard of Wikipedia right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan

[hakz]

today i'm really really hungry

[Trevor Edwards]

does the hunger pain go away after a day?


also while were on the risky subject of religion
i was really shocked the other day when i read that there is over 72,000 known religions in the world. YEH 72,000 WOW

i thought like there was less then 20

[GafferTape]

There's loads of sub-religions within the main religions if you see what I mean, something like christianity is going to have a huge number of different variations based on the specific culture.

Then there's the African aspect as well for example, where different tiny tribes have their own unique beliefs.

[SwedishTom]

And then we have this very strange religion that we are preaching right here! Freebie preaching! How we always pray for those sinful yellows to become lawful greens and that we pray and hope that they wont become hardcore criminals and turn red on us!

Cheers
Tom