1. Buy all necessities before Ramadan so you can spend less time rushing around and more time in spiritual development.
2. Organize your audio collection to make it easy to select and play nice Quran, Hadith, dua and nasheeds.
3. Plan ahead for the time you are spending at home in order not to lose the balance between home responsibility and masjid and community engagements.
4. Prepare your kids before Ramadan that they have to help you more in house, Masjid work and in setting the table and preparing the Iftar.
5. Put up a Ramadan banner on your door. This can be something handmade or something more formal.
6. Print out a fact sheet on Ramadan and stick it on the door to educate readers passing by about the blessed month and what it means to Muslims.
7. Send neighbors Iftar snacks; include a note with the food that the month of Ramadan is here and you are sharing your joy with them.
8. Give kids Ramadan Mubarak balloons and candy – Let your neighbors’ kids also feel the happiness of Ramadan by including chocolate and candy among your snacks.
9. Have a neighborhood Iftar gathering
10. Get your kids on it – Tell your kids to inform other neighbors’ kids and school friends what Ramadan is all about and have the children invite their classmates to your Iftar gatherings.
Forward to your friends and contacts and have them join ICFA google group by sending us a request in order to benefit from ICFA useful Islamic teachings.
ON BEHALF OF ICFA, I WISH RAMADAN MUBRARAK TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
Mouhamed
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