The Arabs have a very long history of Ramadan. As an Arab, you may be much more comfortable with fasting than we non-Arabs can be. I have no idea when fasting can begin to be risky. In any case, I hope everything will be all right.
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During Ramadan, Muslims fast during the day & then gorge themselves at night only to return to the fast again at sunrise
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Thank you, Antwan and Sarah. I had somehow got confused about how Ramadan really works. So Ramadan fasters get to eat every night, huh? No wonder the Ramadan-fasting laborers managed to work all right on a construction site under intense heat in Iraq, where I was working.
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I tried to fast Ramadan once with some Muslims. I couldn't do it. I'm weak. The Shaitan's got a hold on me. I got no iman. I am destined for the jahannam. Antwan the Damned.
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Alhamdulillah, Sister Sarah. I have forgotten a lot. It's been many years. And I have not been keeping up my deen. I don't remember. Ramadan came up & they asked me if I was gonna fast & I tried but it didn't last long. I remember goin to an Arabic restaurant
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...and to break the fast, they would give everyone dates. I enjoyed that, mashallah.
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I liked them. Some lived in the same building where I lived. They got me into it. It was back in the 90's. Islam is like a subculture. It was different. I started studying & learning about it. I just never had any faith. I've tried other religions. Same thing
I'm a faithless son of a bitch, my friend. I'm no good. In the clutches of the Devil, I tell ya...
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