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Salam believers and Non Muslims, I wanted to do an early Ramadan Post.

It’s good to be ahead of the game, because like the student that prepares for the lesson before its taught by the teacher, then he or she tends to do better.

Well Ramadan is coming, shatan is going, and the samosas will start rolling. We all will Inshallah have an oppurtunity to reflect deeply where we stand as believers, because since shatan is locked up like a criminal, and the chains are on him, we can work on the soul.

Some of  us will get fat, some of us will get slim, others will remain the same but Inshallah we all can escape our animalistic desires and attain taqwa and then pass the phatwa, Chill, gotta be a Mufti to do that =P.

I would say that to be aware of the fact that Allah swt let you live through the month is a great mercy, so take advantage of it. Like the wise people say ” Nothing is promised tomorrow”. As a matter of fact, a wise man told me the only thing promised in life is death, so yea make moves. Anyhows every year Ramadan flys by, we finally get in the mode of waking for fajr and getting right.

I have to admit for those of us who have to juggle a heavy schedule it can get tough, I’ll inshallah be fasting, going to college, working and going to tarawih. Inshallah maybe even spend extra time in the Masjid and stack up on the rewards, gotta get my halal hustle on. The real investment is in the hereafter, so stack accordingly.

But my schedule is nothing, it’s not even a real struggle. Imagine all the hafiz’z who lead the Salat, they have to be on top of their game reciting for the big jamaat every night. So before I stretch this article like a giraffes neck, let me give some quick points to wrap it up.

Tips for Ramadan 

1) *Self Regulation and Self Training - Remember these Principles

2) Work on Tawqa which means in Arabic ” God conciousness, Attaining Piety, God fearing and more”

3) Control your dietary intake - Forget jenny craig, Ramadan helps you get in shape and its free. Just free yourself of your desires.

4) The truth comes out, whether its focused on music, woman, drugs, not praying Salat. In Ramadan you must get real with yourself and figure out where your weak.

5) Yes their are Psychological effects of fasting, but as our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s) said ” If one slanders you or aggresses against you, say “I’m fasting”.

6) Help the needy, drop it like its hot ( Money in the donation box)

Some Good Articles to Read

SunniPath - An excellent article on Ramadan

MuslimMatters.org - Ramadhaan 101

Well that’s it for now, But I’ll definitely be posting up more Ramadan posts addressing the benefits of the Holy Month.

This is just scratching the surface. Inshallah stay tooned…peace.

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Salam, 

So how does a guy like Micheal Phelps who consumes 12,000 calories a day swim 50 miles a week? let’s find out. With all the news buzz on Michael Phelps exercise and his extraordinary swimming skills, I figured let me analyze his lifestyle a little bit and how we can benefit from it. This all leads to applied fitness in Islam and how we should all step up our game and get in shape, otherwise we are going to melt in Ramadan and we won’t be able to stand up in Tarawih Prayer.

I think it’s sad that alot of Non Muslims feel we can’t learn from them. Whether it be in education, sports, contributing to a better society and raising our standards, there is much we can learn, and much calories we can burn like the Micheal Phelps exercise.

All of the best of course which the Non Muslims bring fourth our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and salutations be upon him) had, his life manifested all of the best qualities a human being can have. So whatever he did, he did it for a bigger wisdom. Of course alot of Muslims haven’t studied the seerah nor we do have sufficient knowledge of the beloved sunnah, including myself and as a result people are uneducated about what Islam teaches.

So how does Michael Phelps relate to Muslims? You have ten seconds, count the dots……….Well he’s a professional swimmer, an olympic gold medalist who has more medals than Desi’s have Masalas. When I say gold medalist, I’m talking about top notch athlete. His swimming abilities are exceptional and guess what? Swimming is Sunnah!

Yup it’s recommended highly from our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S),  an a official hadith narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (R.A) in which our beloved Prophet said  ” Teach your children swimming, archery and horse riding”. 

Let’s look at the benefits of swimming (information from lifescript.com)

1)  It’s a Sunnah , first and foremost. It improves cardiovascular conditioning.

2)  It is a form of meditation which calms the nerves.

3)  It improves muscle strength, endurance, posture and flexibility all at the same time.

4) It improves body’s use of oxygen. Making blood flow to the lungs and heart more efficient.

5) A swimmer can burn as many calories in an hour, as a runner who runs six miles in one hour.

Wow, that’s impressive. So get moving, if you don’t know how to swim. Wait, I shouldn’t be talking I don’t either, well I have asthma so I can’t hold my breath. Inshallah my lungs can handle it one day.

So if athletes can swim at this level, let’s complete the minimum and at least learn it since our beloved Prophet told us. Start swimming with the sharks, na just playin, swim in clean water so your always in a state of wudu =P.

I felt I needed to talk about this, drawing parallels from world events to Islam is always a great thing to do.

Alright I’m out peoples. Wasalaam.

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Salam Yo,

If your looking at the title of this blog post and your lost, it actually comes from a modern phrase in Brooklyn also known as ” Hi hater, bye hater”.  However, since this is the official Muslim blog, I had to switch it up to fit better. Enough said, let me get straight to the point,  I don’t understand why some people gotta hate or don’t ever congratulate.

Incase you don’t live in the streets and this sounds like a foreign concept to you, let me give you the definition based on my experience and research. Where else to define it accurately than Urban Dictionary

A person who feels anger and/ or jealousy for someone who has succeeded in something they have worked hard for.

A being who speaks badly, and or takes negative actions in attempt to create problems for a successful person.

I mean to be fair, why hate on someone if they haven’t hated on you? Where’s the mercy brother?

See nothing comes easy in life for most people, some are blessed and inherit it, but for the most part everyone goes through struggles and this is the nature of trying to live comfortably. It’s very easy to look at someone and since they are well off automatically be jealous, but why can’t we be open minded and want for them what we would want for ourselves.

What’s interesting is how you can draw parallels from street culture to Islam. Though we feel like strangers alot of times, I believe it’s because we haven’t shown people how we embody the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah and take what’s beneficial from our environment and show where Islam comes in. Like they say in the hood ” you are a product of your environment”. This applys to you as a muslim to some degree, then it’s religious elements that come into play.

Going back to the idea of “haters” and what that stems out to in the streets, it sort of reminds me of Surah Falaq. This surah is a protection against black magic, jealousy, envy and the EVIL EYE. From who? to me it’s from the “hater” and “haters”. Let’s look at the chapter in the Quran real quickly.

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful.

Say: ” I seek refuge with (Allah) the lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what he has created, and from the evil of the darkening night as it comes with its darkness (or the moon as it sets or goes away). And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow into their knots, and from the evil of the envier when he envies“.

If your a hater, here are some tips. 

1) Next time you see a brother or sister doing well financially, physically, mentally, say Mashallah.

2) If your jealous, just tell yourself that Inshallah you can get be in their comfort one day.

3) Hustle hard, the halal way. They did also.

4) Memorize Surah Falaq and recite it often.

5) Don’t let shatan disease your heart by telling you ” oh he or she is trying to show off, or put you down because your broke and the person which shatan is making you hate on isn’t, if he does, go spend attend a purification of  the heart program and wash your heart, bleach it.

Alright so that wraps it up, sorry for being slow on articles. I’ve been on vacaction and have some ideas finally. This is a topic which I wanted to talk about because it seems like gossip is so widespread these days and people love to hate. Control your mouth and your heart, you will be good inshallah.

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