Subhanallah! Ramadan is almost here.
Are you good, Freddy?
Alhamdulillah! I am.
I've already prepared pringles and samosas for Iftar.
And I have also stocked up on lots of chickpeas.
Wow!
I still need to do my shopping.
In fact,
I've already made a schedule of what new
Ramadan recipe I will be cooking each day.
Mashallah!
Good for you.
What about you, Fatima?
What have you prepared?
Well,
we recently made a schedule for how
we plan to use our time for Tarawih,
Quran,
Qayam-ul-Ayal and Sadaqah.
Oh! And I also bought some dates.
But don't you have any special recipes for Ramadan,
Fatima?
Well,
actually for us Ramadan is about fasting,
not feasting.
You know,
Abdullah,
there's a strange mystery about Ramadan which I just cannot solve.
What's that, Waleed?
Well,
every day we fast the whole day from dawn to sunset.
We have no food and no water.
We stay hungry.
Right.
So?
And yet,
at the end of Ramadan,
I still gain so much weight.
Hmm.
I just don't understand it.
Yeah.
It's a real mystery.
Hey Hafsa! Ramadan is almost here.
So,
I wanted to say sorry for anything bad I did to you.
Oh Yasmeen, that's not necessary.
So,
you remember the time you lost that cute
strawberry eraser which smelled so nice?
Oh, yes.
I borrowed it from your school bag.
But then I lost it.
So,
you know.
Okay.
And remember the time you couldn't find your math homework
so you couldn't hand it in and ended up getting an F?
Yes. I took it.
I rubbed out your name and changed it to mine.
I got an A. Yay!
Oh,
and remember the time when someone wrote,
is that Hafsa's hair or did her head explode on the
whiteboard and you couldn't figure it out who it was?
And everyone in class was laughing at you?
Yes. It was me.
Boy, that was the best.
Woohoo!
So,
I'm forgiven, right?
Hello passengers.
This is your captain speaking.
We are almost ready to take off.
Oh,
dear God. Is everything okay, ma'am?
I'm just dreadfully scared of flying.
Oh,
you have nothing to be worried about.
That's easy for you to say.
No, really.
According to statistics,
you are more likely to be bitten by a shark than be in a plane crash.
Really?
Are you sure?
Yep. I should know.
I was bitten by a shark just last year.
Oh, dear.
How did you get bitten by a shark?
Well,
my plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
Oh,
poor thing.
She looks very sick.
Abdullah,
your mother left her cat here.
But she looks very sick.
What should we do?
Oh, dear.
I'd better call Ummi and let her know.
What are you doing?
I'm calling Ummi's number, of course.
Don't be silly, Abdullah.
Message her on WhatsApp.
This is an emergency, Fatima.
Her cat's sick.
Then call her on Viber.
Don't waste money.
Viber doesn't work sometimes.
This is urgent.
Oh, dear.
Abdullah?
Greetings, Ummi.
Your cat looks very sick.
What should we do?
Oh, dear.
Abdullah?
I'm sorry, Mama.
I just found out.
Are you using WhatsApp?
Or call me on Viber at least.
Why are you wasting money?
Are you crazy?
Have some more samosas, Abdullah.
No, no, Waleed.
I don't like to eat much at Iftar.
Else I can't focus during Taraweeh.
Never bothers me.
I'll just finish these delicious samosas then.
Okay.
Suit yourself.
My stomach.
Hurry, Abdullah.
I really need to get home.
Hurry, hurry.
You know, Waleed,
after Taraweeh,
I always feel like a huge load has been lifted from me.
How about you?
My huge load will be lifted as soon as I get to the bathroom.
Now hurry up and drive, Abdullah.
I can do.
Next,
you must realize Allah will not hold you responsible
for what happens thousands of miles away from you.
I know.
But you are responsible for what is
happening in your own neighborhood,
Jamal.
What do you mean, Mama?
I mean,
you may not be able to help Muslims in other places,
but you can help suffering people in your own neighborhood,
right?
Like who?
Remember Brother Ayub?
He cleans the masjid.
He is sick in the hospital but has no relatives to visit him on Eid.
Really?
Then what can we do?
Who is it?
Come in.
Oh my!
How wonderful.
Eid Mubarak.
Eid Mubarak, Brother Ayub.
Jamal wanted to visit you for Eid, Brother.
I don't know what to say.
Thank you so much, Jamal.
No,
thank you, Brother.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.
There is a new face at our masjid, Waleed.
Yes,
I haven't seen him before.
Masha Allah.
Look at that brother.
How devoted he is in his prayers.
Let's go and meet him, Abdullah.
Oh, I don't want to disturb him, Waleed.
Masha Allah.
I wish I could be so sincere in making duas.
Eid Mubarak, my brother.
My name is Abdullah.
Eid Mubarak, Brother Abdullah.
My name is Haisam.
Brother Haisam,
I wanted to meet you since the beginning of Ramadan.
Are you new to our community?
What?
No. I have lived here for a long time.
I have seen you at the masjid before.
Oh,
I only come to the masjid during Ramadan.
Who has time in other days?
But...
See you next Ramadan, buddy.
Bye.