I always worried why I have received no invitations from muslim friends to come for a meal at their place. The disclosure that you can only feed believers was previously unknown to me. Quite a shock.

Originally Posted by TI:

100% approved and lawful!

I was there around 3pm. Spent like 30 minutes and was chatting with Ed.

....especially the impact it would have on the body's response to producing sugar, and hence the effect on pre-diabetic and diabetic folks. Good aspect of this thread for people to weigh in on....

...also no copulating during the day. Imagine the effect on population growth. The horror!!!

Sick people do not have to fast but healthy copulators do! Good aspect to weigh on too

Go to masjid Al abidin on any given night at least 2 coolers of rice is left over and is not used again.

We are allowed to help anyone and it is called Sadaqa translated as charity. Zakaat is for the people I mentiones earlier.

Kari the sick is exempt from fasting.

Which one of the MAsjid, Abidin, 211 St, Abu Ubaidah?

Ubaidah

So when you bros plan to start?

They have some stalwarts at Abidin maybe you can seek their assistance.

I thought Kari was a big time mullah. The man can't be unaware of this!

Already in motion. Waiting on city for final approval.

So is 2 coolers of rice you all want to give to soup kitchen?

Simple solution ask Omeel to cook less rice.

I opened my e-mail a few mins ago and saw I had a "like" on this thread.:-) 

Hmmmm...let me see here- even if Omeel cook less rice there will still be some leftover. Remember, the people take home only curry, not rice. :-)

The famous Ed Ahmad? I was there in morning.

Thanks, PB.

Mr. Tee, Mr. Tee, Mr. Tee!

Where did you come across the disclosure that Muslims can only feed believers? 

I suppose that you have invited your Muslim friends over for a bite and there was no reciprocity toward you.

If I were you, I'll get to the root of the lack of invitation and all the worrying will be cleared up.

Allah says in Al Quraan "and to attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islam)"

So if you are not inclined towards Islam you are not welcome..

Would someone kindly invite Mr T to Iftar?

Make sure you spice up his food with some croton oil to make him feel extra  welcome!

Bai Terry I had no such problems in Guyana and Suriname. As you know we celebrate just about anything with anyone. They are also the only country where you can buy halal alcohol. Souther Comfort is kosher by the way .

But outside of the above country it seems to be a closed shop kind of religious practice.

The bulk of my relatives, about 100 of them live all over England. Hook up with them on FB and you will get tired of Iftar  non alcoholic beer selling all over the place even in the Middle East.

You can get drunk legally, like love does do

bai..they turn Arabs once they leave Guyana and Suriname

I always wonder why O'Doul's waste all that water on non-alcoholic beers.

Having read all the posts in this important thread started by Miraver, I'm more informed about what Muslims can and cannot do during the holy month of Ramadan.

What confounds me, however, is why Muslims are slaughtering fellow Muslims in Syria during this holy month. Why couldn't there be a truce during Ramadan? I feel Muslims shouldn't kill fellow believers ever, more so during this period.

That is a good question that most Muslims wont answer.

Islam may be a peaceful religion but many followers are not. Islam has a violent history after the prophet died. The lust for power and wealth far supersedes religious ideals that many profess. Add poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, and manipulation, and you can expect anything to happen.  

Why you go till to Syria. This afternoon for Iftar at a Masjid in Manhattan blows pass like first time all because a man jumped the food line. Police had to be called in, what a shame!

I tried to find out who caused the problem but everyone speaking in their native tongue from French to Hindi to Urdu to some African dialect to Bengalu, Bannas up to now I am confused.

ALL i KNOW BIG FIGHT BEFORE AND AFTER THE SALAAT.

Mosque bombings in Iraq

Where is the self-restraint that's being practiced this month? It is evident that the "line jumper" and the "faithful in waiting" need more practice. Or, did everyone's blood sugar level drop? Once again, this brings to mind the proverb, "a hungry man is an angry man". 

One thing I know for sure about myself, I get very fussy when I'm hungry. I almost threw a tantrum recently for food:-)

Great! Make sure you have some nice desserts too

Hmmm…I am not blind, but might be ignorant (the definition of ignorant being, “does not know"). We don’t grow/learn unless we take risks and chances. So Stinger, here is me taking a risk in an attempt to respond to your query and hoping that I don’t get eaten too badly

From the little I know, fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam and some Muslims feel that they must do this. The Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar so the fasting times change each year; some years the days are longer and others shorter. Some Muslims might see this as a balance. Fasting is not mandatory for certain groups of people so at some point, some may be exempt or make themselves fall into one of these groups-

(1) Pregnant women

(2) Nursing mothers

(3) Menstruating women

(4) Travelers

(5) Those who are sick

(6) Those who suffer from mental illness

I hope that someone from the ummah can come in and respond

That was my attempt to generate more responses to your question!

If anyone wants to know what I edited in my post above, it was just a smiley face.

the lunar year drifts with respects to the seasons and this drift moves the equinoxes out of sync some 11 days in the lunar calendar. It is not shorter or longer days but differences with lunar year and solar year and consequent drift of the seasons. Solar calender is organized to synchronize with the seasons and enable a sameness in the periodicity in human events. Jews also use the lunar calendar but they harmonize with the solar calendar  year by adding leap months

you are on point numbers 1-4 have to make up the fast when they can but before the next ramadan. 

Number 5 if the illness is temporary they have to make up the fast.  If it is long term or if they fast they will become ill or more ill then they are exempt and they must pay the equivalent of one meal for each day of the month to a needy person.

number 6 is exempt period.

Here is the link to the blog

http://imamhamid.wordpress.com/

Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights...fake religion?

Are you saying GNI posters are exempt from fasting?