TW / CW For: Period Mention, Sex Mention, vomit mention, OR Eating Food mention
NSFR and Ramadan misconceptions
By CAPESCH.ARTS
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Not safe for ramadan is a Tag within the Month Of Ramadam Of The Muslim Calendar. It Is Meant To Substitute Tags For NSFW posts, Food, And Anything that is considered To interfere With Islamic Ramadan Activities Within, Specifically fasting.
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Why nsfr is inappropiate and shouldnt be used
- the tag was not made by muslims
- it defeats the purpose of our worship
- it spreads misinformation and misconception of our religion
- it does nothing to help muslims and reeks of performative activism normal tagging already suffice cex. Nsfw, food, etc. )
- comes it off and uncomfortable as to rude some muslims
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How does it spread misinformation?
“I post food! Do not go in my page!”
“I swear a lot! So I may be nsfr!”
“Do not talk about food in front of them!”
“Wait, you are not to not allowed talk about s*x? ”
These are and misunderstanding on our misconceptions fasting. Most will not break our fast!
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What breaks the fast
1. Eating and intentionally drinking
2. Vomiting
3. Smoking
4. Intentionally intercourse, masturbation or any sexual activities that lead to ejaculation or orgasm
5. Consuming medicine
6. Periods
7. Chronic illness or disease
8. Nutrition injections
What does not break the fast
1. nose bleeds
2. using an inhaler
3. Smelling perfume or incense
4. Swearing
5. Unintentional Vomiting
6. Cutting hair or nails trimming
7. anaesthetic injections
8. Using make-up
9. eye drops
10. Listening to music
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Looking at food will not break our fast.
We will encounter food anyways irl when prepare for iftar.
Listening for music won’t break our fast.
Talking about sex is not a factor to break our fast, especially when it done for informative reasons (sex ed, biology, etc) and pornography
Swearing will not break our fast, and reading or listening too swearing will not either.
Muslims would focus on worship and religious activities, and will not be online even most of the time.
It is our own responsibilities regarding these things, and is one of the main points in this holy month.
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What you can do to support us instead
- be open with discussions with muslims to learn more about our religion
- donate to causes
- join in our festivities if allowed, like iftar or fasting too!
- Focus your attention to real world crisis against muslims, the france hijab ban and/or uyghur muslims!
^ The person above me in this thread did a great transcription, for anybody in the notes looking for a captioned version.
Questions about swearing, periods, medicine, points of theological debate, etc have been addressed multiple times by OP in the notes, so be sure to give those a read for more info. In particular, this response covers why certain things break the fast:
Fasting requires optimal health. If a woman is on her period she is not required to fast in Ramadan, BUT she could pay it back by fasting at another month immediately.
And it includes medicines too. If you cannot take it at Iftar or Suhoor (the meals after fasting and before fasting), and you can’t fast, you can pay the fast back outside of Ramadan.
Allah is fair, and in both of these cases prioritize your health first.
@miseriathome but what if your medicines are there forever and no you can’t take them just before and after meals?
@toomanyfandomnames The above things were all written by the OP in the replies, but they’ve since deactivated.
This post only covers fasting, which is in turn only one aspect of Ramadan; Ramadan as a holy month encompasses more than just the fast. Since fasting requires optimal health, being unable to fast would mean not fasting. Disabled people and anybody else who is unable to fast can engage through other channels such as extra prayer, Qur'an study, community service, etc.
In another reply, the OP specifically pointed to “learning Tafsir or listening to Quran recitations” as forms of worship that non-fasting people could still participate in.
This article on chronic illness and Ramadan covers a lot of ground, from conservation of energy to time management. The idea that many people are unable to fast is already taken as a given, but here are some excerpts that relate to non-fasting forms of worship:
It’s okay to mourn what you have lost (ability to fast, to pray at night, etc.) but don’t let that be a trick to prevent you from doing what you actually are able to do. I realized that with a shock one year when, after playing pity party for the first week of the month, told myself, “Wait. You can’t pray qiyam, but you sure can pray your five prayers awesomely. Why aren’t you doing that at least?”
Reading and listening to extra Quran, making extra dhikr are also acts of ibadah that can benefit those who may not be attend taraweeh or qiyam.
One of the things I remember about fasting is how much more time there seems to be in the day when you’re not spending any on food and drink. So for those of us who cannot fast, we can reconsider how much time we choose to spend on eating during the Ramadan days. This doesn’t mean skipping meals, but perhaps minimizing meal prep times, or skipping the non-essential snacks and “comfort foods” that may take up time to prepare and eat but are not essential to our health (like a leisurely snack of tea and cake). This frees up valuable time for worship.
At Masjid al-Rabia, where Pervez serves as accessibility director, the mosque’s co-founder, Mahdia Lynn, said she finds ways to practice Ramadan each year despite medications that limit her participation. When she first came to Islam, she said, she tried to fast the traditional way, but like Pervez, she quickly realized fasting wouldn’t work for her. She said she used to feel guilt but tried to find an alternative.
“I learned that the faith says that if you can pray, you should pray. If you can’t kneel while you’re praying then pray standing up. If you can’t stand up while you’re praying then sit down. If you have to lay down, then lay down. If you can’t do that, then just be where you are,” she explained, referencing a hadith, or saying, of the Prophet Muhammad. “It was really the Quran that helped me understand that this tradition is meant to meet people where they are.”
This Ramadan, as one way to focus not just on consumption for the body but also healthy consumption for the soul, she said, she has deleted social media apps from her phone, and the mosque is hosting a community conversation on disability and Ramadan which, she said, will be available online as a video conference, and with a transcript.
This article on Islam and blindness also discusses alternatives and accommodations surrounding Ramadan, although not for fasting specifically.
