https://productivemuslim.com/ramadan-series-romantic-ramadan/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ramadan-series-romantic-ramadan Meaningful Productivity That Connects This Life With The Hereafter Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://productivemuslim.com/ramadan-series-romantic-ramadan/#comment-281867 Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:23:54 +0000 http://www.productivemuslim.com/?p=2862#comment-281867 Very true. But the issue runs deeper. While many women find the above scenario the status quo many simply don’t mind because they are culturally imprinted to stay home and do their prayers. Many have no desire to spend Ramadan in the masjid. These women would much rather spend their time cooking for the Aunties and Uncles. And, I have to say that as I get older and find it all just too taxing I too have found preference in staying home to do my taraweeh prayers while my husband and sons venture to the musallah at night. It seems those Aunties knew something to begin with that I didn’t. I wound up feeling much more peaceful this way without trying to keep up with the demands of my home, the month long fast and then long nights at the masjid on top of everything else. Not only that it’s often the case that mosques simply are not welcoming places for women among other things like tribal communities and attitudes that can make a person feel all alone in a sea of people. This does very little for a persona iman. So after many years of being the sister who wanted to have the full Ramadan experience at home and at the masjid I am not content to stay home, cook for my family, pray my prayers at home without overextending myself.

]]> https://productivemuslim.com/ramadan-series-romantic-ramadan/#comment-19023 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:09:28 +0000 http://www.productivemuslim.com/?p=2862#comment-19023 Very true. But the issue runs deeper. While many women find the above scenario the status quo many simply don’t mind because they are culturally imprinted to stay home and do their prayers. Many have no desire to spend Ramadan in the masjid. These women would much rather spend their time cooking for the Aunties and Uncles. And, I have to say that as I get older and find it all just too taxing I too have found preference in staying home to do my taraweeh prayers while my husband and sons venture to the musallah at night. It seems those Aunties knew something to begin with that I didn’t. I wound up feeling much more peaceful this way without trying to keep up with the demands of my home, the month long fast and then long nights at the masjid on top of everything else. Not only that it’s often the case that mosques simply are not welcoming places for women among other things like tribal communities and attitudes that can make a person feel all alone in a sea of people. This does very little for a persona iman. So after many years of being the sister who wanted to have the full Ramadan experience at home and at the masjid I am not content to stay home, cook for my family, pray my prayers at home without overextending myself.

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