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Paper lanterns

These are some decorations I made for Ramadan!

Hi!These are lantern decorations I made for Ramadan.I made them so we could hang them in the day of Ramadan.All you need are some paper,scissors,and if you want to decorate it you can do it with anything
like,stickers,ribbon,and some beads.You can also choose lots of other decorations.So first you fold you paper in half.
Then you cut the lines straight,but not all the way,cut it close to the end.Next open it up and turn it around.You can either stick it together or you can add decorations.You can glue them or tape them.Finally you can put the two ends together and tape it. That's how you make a paper lantern!It is really fun to make and choosing pretty decorations to put on it.You can
also write on the top anything you want,like Ramadan
Mubarak!So this was a really fun,easy, pretty decoration I
made for Ramadan!

A Mini Hadith Masjid

 Hello!This is something I made for Ramadan. It is a mini masjid with a door that has a hadith inside it. The hadith is something about Ramadan. I made it out of colored paper and cut out the shapes.I then folded a tiny piece of paper for the door. After that,I printed out a short hadith to put inside.I then glued the hadith on the door. That is how I made this mini masjid with a hadith inside.

It was really fun to make and you should try to make it too. It was also really easy to do and it takes a short time. Anyone can make it. You can also choose your own hadith. You can make it small or big or whatever size you want. So this it what craft I made for Ramadan!

This is something I made for Ramadan!

Day #7

So far Ramadan is pretty easy. The last 2 hours are always the hardest. Here are some ways to stop thinking of food.

1. Sleep (its the most common)
2. Try to read the whole quran in Ramadan(1 juz a day)
3. If you get really bored you can play video games
4. Pray extra sunnah
5. Play outside the last hour

Ramadan, Day #3

Today is the 3rd day of Ramadan and I already started to  learn more imporant islamic facts. Here are some things I learned:

* Just because Ramadan is over, it doesn't mean that you can forget Allah.
* If you memorize the 99 names of Allah you will go to Jannah, but only if you know the meaning.
* The more you learn about Muhammad (saw) the more you love him.
* Zubayr and Talha are the first neighbors of Muhammad (saw)
* Zubayr was first to strike a sword to defend Muhammad (saw).
* Talha had 70 wounds during the war of Uhud. He put his hand out to block an arrow from hitting Muhammad (saw) and his hand got paralyzed.

Those were some facts I learned for the past 2 days. The past 2 days we had iftars we had iftar at masjids and today will be our first day eating at home. I can't wait until Iftar to eat food!

This banana split looks so good!!!

Sulman the persian craft

sulman the persian cartoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8SSK9YDi3Q

Last Ten Nights

The Last Ten Nights of Ramadan are the most special nights of the year! Those days are so special that the Quran was revealed during one of those ten nights. Also any good deed you do, you get 80 times the reward you would usually get! You can see the Last ten nights of Ramadan are really special. Thats why people stay up those nights doing ibadah. Also most people have goals that they can achieve in the last ten nights. I have one goal that I hope I can accomplish. I am trying to read the last 10 juz in the last ten days. The only problem is this I only read one juz and 2 days already past. I guess I'll have to read extra. After this I will read some more. Already people would get a lot of reward with reading Quran, so I hope I will get 80 times more of that reward, inshallah. I hope I get a lot of good deeds this Ramadan. I realized that Ramadan pasted really quick. Also after the first few days of fasting  I was really easy to fast. A few days ago we were at the masjid for Iftar. So my friends and I drank some water and prayed. Then everyone started to get food. I wasn't hungry and I forgot of eating. So I went outside with my friends and we were about to start playing. Then one of my friends were like, " Don't  you want to eat?!" Then I remembered I was just fasting and so we went to get food. It was funny. Anyways fasting is easy now. Even though I still get hungry. Now I am a little hungry and we've got 4 hours left. Well, I am going to read some Quran. Bye!

laylatul qadr

How to make a pop-up card part 3

Thats the last part

I am Fasting By Meryem Kose

SPAGHETTI! Mmmmmmmmmm

Today I am fasting and I am going to try to fast for the rest of the Ramadan. Last Ramadan I fasted for 12 day days but this Ramadan I am going to try to fast for many more days. If I do that I will beat my record for fasting. For suhoor we ate spaghetti, Mmmmmmm. I had like 5 plated of spaghetti because it was really good. Well, I have to go now so, BYE!!!

What a parable...

"O men! (Here is) a parable set forth! Listen to it! Those on whom, besides Allah, you call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together for the purpose and if the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition and those whom they petition! (Sura Hajj, Ayat 73)

Staying up at Night

This one I made after
some practice.(sorry its dark)

The first one I made was a
masjid.

Every night from like 5 days ago my brother, my younger sister, and I stayed up from taraweeh until Fajr. My other sister actually stays up but she stays mostly in her room. We stay downstairs. How it all started was that we had guests until like 2:00 and we were awake so we stayed up until Fajr. That day we made a lot of crafts for each other. They were these cool pop-up-cards we learned how to make. That time we did that in the living room. Then we decided to do it downstairs. The only problem was that we kept on forgetting stuff upstairs. Anyways the next day we continued doing art for each other. Then next day we brought our blankets downstairs and wrote stories and we shared it with each other. Then we drew pictures. Yesterday, was really fun. We started making an animation. Staying up is fun, the only problem is we wake up at like 2:30 p.m.! Well, today we woke up at 1:30. 

Ramadan nasheed

Dua

Mid-Ramadan

Did you know that we're almost halfway through Ramadan??  Isn't it so weird that we're already on the fourteenth day?  I just stood there staring at the calendar wondering how the time went by so quickly.

Now that another week of chemistry class is over, I can write something here.  I guess you've noticed that I haven't written on this blog for a long time.

And now I want to post pictures of my apple pie waffle suhoor!  Wasn't that cool?  Except for anyone besides me who had a tummyache...

One of the best parts about this suhoor was that it was the first suhoor meal I made that actually succeeded.  Remember the Froyo bites?  Huda took a bite and then said she felt like throwing up.  We had all these frozen treats that looked cool but tasted awful.  And remember when everyone kept bugging me to make chocolate covered bananas and I made one for each person and no one ate them when I put them on the table for suhoor!!!

But since the apple pie waffles were a hit, I have become more bold and brave to make more cool suhoor stuff.  Also, maybe we can have apple pie waffles again.  Maybe for iftar instead of suhoor so I will have more time to eat them...

Do you guys have any other cool ideas for stuff we can for suhoor for the rest of Ramadan?

How to make a pop-up card part 2

Lessons From Prophetic Dynasties

- Allah is so merciful that he was going to forgive firown.  Angel Jibreel stuffed mud in firowns mouth because he was afraid Allah was going to forgive firown.
What am I doing to get that mercy?

-prayer is basically a conversation between me and Allah,

- Every time I read quran I am reading words Allah said

-I should think in the mindset that Allah is not watching me , he is watching out for me.

-Whenever I do anything put Allah in the picture.

How to make a ramadan pop-up card Part 1 - base of the masjid

This is a video I made showing you how to make a Ramadan pop-up card. It might be hard but after a few times it will be easy. Part 2 will be uploaded tommorow.

Salman the Persian

Yesterday, I watched an islamic cartoon called "Salman the Persian". Its about a sahabah who lives with his father. Salman keeps a fire going. Though he does it, he realizes its crazy to worship something he makes with his own hands. When he wanted stop feeding the fire, his father got very mad and tied him up to chains and forced him to feed the flames. After a while a servant of Salman's father let Salman free. Then Salman went to a man  who told him about Muhammad (saw). He said it would be a hard trip and a long way but Salman still wanted to see Muhammad (saw). After that he went through a hard long trip.  On his way he was stopped by some bandits. Then he got sold into slavery. Even though a lot of things went wrong for him, Salman didn't give up. Muhammad (saw) was in the area of where Salman lived in Medina. Salman's owner did not believe in Islam but his son did. So whenever Muhammad (saw) said something about Islam, Salman's owner's son would tell Salman. It happened like that until Salman wanted to give the Shahada to Muhammad (saw). So his onwer's son let him free for only until he gave his Shahada. You can see that Salman(ra) would do anything to meet Muhammad (saw). Well, after that, Salman asked his owner how much his freedom would cost. He said it would cost 40 coins and about 250 date palms. (a town is worth that much). So all the Sahabah got to work planting date palms. Also Muhammad (saw) gave Salman 40 coins! You can see that everyone was kind and helped Salman to be free. I hope many other people are like that town and Salman (ra). If you want you can watch this movie by going to this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8SSK9YDi3Q

What I learned: I learned that even though something may seem impossible it can be possible if you all work together. In the story All the Sahabah's got together to plant 250 date palms even though Salman thought it would be impossible. So if you work together anything can be possible.