Ramadan Archives - AlJumuah Magazine

Islam Changes Destiny

The destiny of Bilal (RA) was changed when he chose one kind of slavery over another. He chose slavery to Allah over slavery to false deities. From that time forth, he would be opposed and persecuted for choosing Allah as His Lord.…

A Ramaḍan in Quarantine: Enrich Your Akhira through Correct Leadership at Home

A Ramaḍan in lockdown comes with its own tests and trials. For many it will be a calamity and others a blessing. A true believer will take utmost benefit out of it with patience and perseverance. You will find him grateful to…

Two Boys and a Hungry King: Ramadan and Yom Kippur

(Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller, as a bridge-building effort to promote good relations among Jewish and Muslim communities. We share much in common due to the same source of our prophets and the revelations they…

The Ramadân Muslim

The surge of spiritual energy, the feeling of goodness within your soul, the hopes of doing good – the time of Ramadân! Undoubtedly the best kickstart a Muslim can get in trying to set aright their wrongs, rectify bad habits, or simply…

On Our Relationship with Allah

MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED to feel connected to Allah and experience His closeness more than anyone else of His creation. After all, no one is more privileged and honored than him who is required to stand before his Creator in prayers and praise…

Helping Children Respect the Masjid

WHEN MY DAUGHTER was about a year and a half, I dared to venture to the masjid for Tarawih one night. I had been trying to stay away from the masjid when she was younger because she was hard to control and…

Muslim Community: Racism and Ramadan

EARLIER THIS YEAR I was a presenter at the 2017 ICNA conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The title of one of my two workshops was, “Looking Inward – Strategies to Mitigate Race Issues Within the Muslim Community”. By the will of Allah, the…

Learning to Fast with Optimal Benefit

FASTING (Arabic ṣawm) has been used, in various forms, as a spiritual practice for thousands of years at least. It has been trod as a pathway to God through the ages; abstention from food and drink is woven into the fabric of…

How Does Culture Color Ramadan Around the World?

RAMADAN, AT ITS core, is a celebration of life. During Ramadan, we celebrate that we are alive to act on the opportunity that Allah has placed before us: to shed the burden of our misdeeds, to earn His pleasure, to better ourselves.…

Laylat Al-Qadr & Shavuot: Ramadan’s Trans-Historical Revelations

((Aljumuah offers our series of articles by Reform Jewish Rabbi, Allen S. Maller, as a bridge-building effort to promote good relations among Jewish and Muslim communities. We share much in common due to the same source of our prophets and the…