Category Archives: 4 Life

The MyRamadan 4 Life programme is an endeavour to help ourselves create a balanced life. We have identified 7 spheres of Life which must be addressed as a minimum.

Snakes & Ladders with the children

My daughter hurried over to me this morning and pleaded to play Snakes and Ladders.  We have one of those big tin of 50 games in 1 box where there are minature versions of all the good games and full … Continue reading

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Day 15 – Spiritual Detox

Earlier in Ramadan, I wrote a post about the physical detox benefits of Ramadan.  As we approach the last 10 days of Ramadan however, I want to turn our attention to the spiritual detoxification opportunity within Ramadan. Ramadan comes once … Continue reading

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Day 14 – The Unthinkable

Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ~Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981. Imagine a family in a village struck by drought and food shortage.  The scarcity of necessary resources compels the … Continue reading

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Day 13 – The days of forgiveness

The first 10 days of Ramadan are said to be the days of Mercy, during which mercy is sought from Allah.  We are well into the next 10 days of Ramadan, which are the days of forgiveness.  Thus in these … Continue reading

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Day 12 – Missing the Sehri meal

This morning I slept through the time for Sehri (pre-dawn meal) and I had learned earlier in the month that if one sleeps through then he should keep the fast, as he/she intended to kept the fast before retiring to … Continue reading

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Day 11: Religion & Technology

Yesterday I mentioned that I sometimes read the Qur’an using my iPhone app and that got me briefly thinking about the content of today’s post, namely Religion and Technology.  Even here on the MyRamadan blog and am sure there are … Continue reading

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Day 8 – The Second S

A full week has now passed since Ramadan began and many of us would have, by now tamed the desires of the stomach (or are still trying).  The stomach is the first thing I think of when I hear about … Continue reading

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Day 8 – Lets learn Arabic numbers

I wanted to make today’s post an educational one and help myself and you learn the Arabic numbers from one to 9.  Memorise these to keep your mind a little active during Ramadan. Learning the numbers is especially helpful when … Continue reading

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Oops! I forgot my umbrella

“There’s no disaster that can’t become a blessing, and no blessing that can’t become a disaster” [Richard Bach] This morning, I left home to walk to the station for my commute to work. The grey clouds above could provide anyone … Continue reading

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Our family – our responsibility

A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a man (Don Vito Corleone, Godfather Movie) I was inspired to write about this post after I had just seen Godfather Part 1 after a long time.  The … Continue reading

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