For those of you who observe the night of mid-Sha'ban (Nisfu-Sha'ban, Shabe-Barat), July 27 is the 15th of Sha'ban, making this Monday night the night to spend in extra worship and Tuesday the day to fast. Read here for more information regarding this special occasion.
As for those of you who don't observe this night, too bad. Your loss.
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JazakAllah khair for the reminder brother Naeem. =)
I've heard that fasting the following day is not established as a sunnah, because the hadeeths about it are weak (Sh. Hussain Abdul Sattar's talk about it). But there's benefit in fasting anyway, because the Prophet s.a.w. used to fast most of this month anyway.
This year, things are very different for us - we have an almost one-year old baby (who's sick at the moment, I might add) - so it's hard to see how to take advantage of such occasions.
Ramadaan seems like it's going to be difficult too; and then is Laylatul Qadr....
Any advice on how to manage it all with a young child?
@ dreamlife: Salaam 'alaikum. I have a daughter who just turned two years old, so I've gone through this recently, the child care of an infant during Ramadan. The short answer is you persevere. My daughter was born shortly before the start of Ramadan, and I've been on "night duty" ever since her birth. That actually helped somewhat in the respect that staying up at night to take care of her in her first few months allowed me to sleep through part of the day. But everything else remained the same, more or less: waking up for suhur, doing the fast and daily prayers at the appointed times, but also attending to my daughter when need be. What would be cut short for us would be any of the activities in the evening or at night, taraweeh prayers in particular. Our daughter's needs were and are our most important priorities. So anything Sunnah was catch as one can.
Brother Naeem - Wishing you and your family a blessed year ahead. May Allah SWT answer all your duas. Ameen.
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@DL, In addition to the sound advice given by JD, I'd add that intention plays a key role in all this. Based on my experience, rearing toddlers in the sacred month of Ramadan is very challenging (going for Tarawih, tahajjud, i'tikaaf, etc.), so it's very important to maintain sincere intention for carrying out those acts of worship and if parenting duties require your sacrifice, the blessing will still be there.
Our Lord is not so miserly as to withhold these blessings due to our parenting responsibilities.
JazakAllah for your advice. I kind of figured that it's going to be a lot of sacrifice - so I want to take the perspective that looking after her is, in itself, a great ibaadah.
due to circumstances out of our control, we'll probably also be moving house in the month too - so it's bad timing that may cut our time even more.
but, insha-Allah, we'll try our best with the circumstances. after all, Allah knows what's best for us :
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