Ramadan is the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar and during this month, believers are obliged to fast throughout the month in order to lead a calm life. On this page you will get to know how fasting in Ramadan is done and what are the basic facts of fasting in Ramadan:

According to the Shariah, Saum or fasting means abstinence from food, drink and other evil practices with the niyat or intention of worship from dawn till sunset. If a person does not eat or drink during the prescribed time, but he has not made the niyat for a fast, then in the terminology of Shariat or Islamic law, it will not be a fast.

Fasting during the month of Ramadan is obligatory on all Muslim adults, male and female. However, females who are in a state of menstruation or period of child-birth are not to keep the fast as long as such condition lasts; but they have to fast for an equal number of days after the purification bath has been taken.

A person who is ill may postpone the fast of Ramadan; if his physician fears that, the illness would increase or be prolonged. Likewise, a woman who is pregnant or suckling her baby may also postpone it. Postponement of fast during a journey is also allowed. These fasts should be kept as soon as possible, after the end of Ramadan and in any case, before the next Ramadan. A person who is so old and weak that he is unable to fast is not obliged to fast. But such a person must feed a needy person twice a day for each missed fast, or give grain and cash equal to Sadaqeah-e-Fitr.  Before keeping a fast, it is desirable to take Sehri which can be eaten till dawn.

The person who fast is subject to all restrictions and prohibitions associated with a fast till the setting of the sun. Eating, drinking, smoking, taking of medicine by mouth are forbidden during fast. Swallowing something which is not used as food or drink or as a medicine, injecting liquid medicine, voluntary vomiting, smoking, the entering of water in the throat while gargling are things for which only a Qaza fast is necessary i.e., the person shall have to keep a fast after Ramadan instead of the one that was broken. But if the breaking of the fast through eating or drinking was intentional, then in addition to Qaza fast, the person shall have to pay the Kaffara that is, for every fast thus broken, he shall have to fast for continuous sixty days. Even if a single day’s fast is missed, he shall have to start all over again to complete the number of sixty days at a stretch. If the person cannot fast for continuous sixty days, he may, for each broken fast, feed sixty poor people twice a day; or he may give grain or cash equal to Sadaqah-e-Fitr to sixty people.

Ramadan is actually one of the special holy months of the Islamic calendar. It is also a very special time of the year for the Muslim community worldwide. People host Ramadan dinners, which are also known as Iftari in which they open their fasts and eat the traditionally prepared dishes. People also wish their loved ones the arrival of this holy month by sending Ramadan text messages and greeting cards. Many individuals customize their own Ramadan SMS and send them to their relatives. On this Ramadan, make sure that you pray Allah for the safety of your and the families living all around the world.

A special ingredient, to make your Easter day more special this year, is to send your loved ones and family members free e-cards and sweet quoted easter sms messages. These ways are faster and interesting than the rest of other communication means.

Basically, Easter results through the Holy week and Lent season which consists of forty days, after excluding Sundays. It represents as a symbol of incident when Jesus Christ’s spent forty days in desert, and during these days, Christians who sincerely believed in this performs some spiritual activities to purify them by remaining in grief.

The Goddess of the spring was being named as Eostre who was worshipped by all the Northern and Central Europeans initially. From here, the word Easter or east came forth and originated.

Knowing that it is one of the oldest festivals for the Christians, Church never really set the date for celebrating Easter, but the first Sunday that arrives after the full Moon, which follows the Vernal Equinox is supposed to be considered as the main factor in many festivals among Romans and Egyptians including the rest of other ancient cultures.

Just like the Christmas, Easter holiday has been practiced by its followers since centuries. Due to the high level of customary practice, people from all over the world, recognized it as a special day to spend it with the family members and to have a good get together with their loved ones. They use to wish each other by using different means among which, sms quoted messages is the most effective.

There are two distinguished things that are considered to be the important symbols for Easter which are rabbits and eggs. These two symbols represent fertility and progression of life.

Eggs are also included in the diets of the Christians, especially on this occasion in the traditional feast meals. They used to get dressed, paint the eggs also and get delight.

It is considered that painted eggs have been initially originated from the spring festivals celebrated by all the Persians and Egyptians. Then in Europe, this practice got progressed and now, the painted eggs are supposed to give to all the friends and loved ones, including the family members, as these painted eggs considered to be the symbol of life. Among children, painting eggs is the most amusing activity on Easter.

Easter egg hunt has been originated in the United States, where this activity has been set up on the belief that the Easter bunny lays the egg. In this activity, egg use to hide around somewhere in the garden and children are supposed to find it. Egg rolling contest has also been held up in the lawn of White house, and are considered to be customary also.

Every year, millions of e-cards and other easter sms messages are used to send by people to their family members and friends. This year you should also try to wish everyone through these effective, efficient and trendy means.

February, the special month, considered as the month of love and romance. Saint Valentine’s Day is most remembered day of this month that happens to be on 14 of February. Saint Valentine is considered remarkable saint in both Christians and ancient roman tradition. They tend out to be three saints in the history of Catholic Church, who were imprisoned and martyred.

The story behind itself is legendary. It was in ancient times in Rome, the ruler Claudius II who used to rule Rome decided that unmarried men are more firm and sturdy than married men that have families. The emperor thought that men after being married could not devote him completely in forming a hard-hitting and tough army. Therefore, according to his rule set up no young men was allowed to get married. Taking this injustice situation under consideration, saint valentine defied Claudius II and started helping young men to get married secretly. When this secret act came in knowledge of Claudius II, he ordered that saint valentine should be imprisoned and should be sentenced to death for disobeying his orders.

Some stories reveal that saint valentine may have been assassinated for attempting Christians escape from cruel and harsh Romans, thus, was imprisoned, and brutally martyred.

For whatever the reason was, the era spent in jail saint valentine fell into love with jailor’s daughter, who was blind and saint valentine cured her. Before his death, he wrote a very touchy and loving letter to that young girl expressing his love and devotion for her, which was signed “From your valentine. “ This expression is carried out in the generations next. Valentine is considered to be a heroic figure as he did a noble deed.

This trend is followed almost every nook and corner of the world of expressing love, care and affection for the loved ones. Wishing and celebrating valentine day is common trend in the western world, though this has been followed in eastern world as well. This would be a controversial statement, if by looking at religious aspect of the eastern world. Yet, the basic motive and the theme line, that runs out to be is promoting love for every fellow being. The feeling of warmth and care that runs out between genders.

14 of February is more popular in the youth or young blood than the oldies. Gifts are exchanged between friends. Most romantic and exotic dinners takes place.

The concept of love can take place in any form whether it parental. Between brother and sisters or husband wife. The basic element behind is showing and expressing deep inner feelings of love and concern for others and loved ones. Communication is the vulnerable area of expressing love that has been made easy by the networking companies by giving SMS packages to their customers. Many valentine SMS gets in the pipeline that are forwarded to loved ones. The core value of Valentine’s Day is to spread love. This is what all religion promotes and it is our moral value as well.

Christmas:

Christmas is here, it is time when we'll be getting together with our best friends and our families will get together to pay tribute to Jesus Christ and to form harmony amongst each other to start a great new year. There is too much to do; so many presents to buy and dinner parties to arrange. There is a lot on the 'to do list' but the budget is tight; that is all because we've spent too much money on the parties, shopping and dining. 

As Christmas is an important occasion, we must not miss celebrating each minute of it. Even if you're not in a state of spending good amount of money this Christmas, you still can enjoy it by spending little. Sometimes words expresses love better than the gifts; being able to speak right and being able to wish with warmth and politeness might win ones heart. Gifts and flowers are always charming and of course, a great part of the occasion and there are many ways of giving great gifts without spending too much. You can easily find various affordable Christmas gifts at the store around the Christmas times. There are many ways of saving money and giving best gifts; keep in mind, it's not always necessary to give an expensive gift as you really can give great gifts without spending much of your hard earned cash.

Best Gift Wrapping Tips:

If you've bought a gift; wrap it with paper or sheet that is already present at your home. There might be many old magazines or newspapers with shiny pages in your house; these can be used as wrapping papers. You can even wrap a gift with a vibrant cloth, if available at home, this might make your gift look simply yet unique. I do a lot of experimentations while wrapping gifts; I've even tried wrapping a gift with another gift. Thinking how? Well that's quite easy and yet a very unique way; I once bought a cute pair of socks and candies for my little niece and I actually stuffed each sock with the sweets I bought for her. She was quite amazed to see how different my gift was and she really liked it - including all the other relatives at the Christmas dinner. This might be an easy way but if you're planning to do the same, keep in mind that you choose a pair of socks which looks really good and it must be colorful. You can even come up with great ideas of giving gift on Christmas if you just think a little more creative; my aunt once gave me a big balloon on my 6th Christmas, and I could tell it was filled with something. She told me to pop the balloon and see what's inside it and when I popped it, I got to know that the balloon was stuffed with my favorite brands of chocolates. That was one of the best Christmas gifts I remember and I think it's quite an interesting way to give a unique gift to the juniors of the family.

You too can come up with great ideas, especially if you know what your friends and relatives interests are about. Best way to wish Christmas is by sending Christmas sms messages and e-cards; make sure that you send these to all of your dear ones. Have a great Christmas. 

History and Background:

Fathers have long been given importance and respect, even 4000 years ago when a young Babylonian boy wished his father a good life and health by sending a card made of clay. This card had a delightful Father’s Day message engraved on it and since then, the trends of giving cards to the fathers to praise their hard work was adopted. However, Father’s Day was envisioned by Sonora Dodd in the year 1909 and the day was given its spotlight in the year 1910, in USA. Sonora Dodd had an idea of dedicating a day to her father due to all sacrifices and stress he embraced while raising her and her brothers up.  Miss Dodd later got in talks with the Spokane Ministerial Alliance and requested a special day for her father as well as fathers across the world. The Alliance chose the third Sunday of the month and called it a Father’s Day. Today, Father’s Day is celebrated by every son and daughter throughout the world. According to a research, more than fifty countries celebrate Father’s Day with joy.

Dining On the Day:

In these days, people celebrate the Father’s Day by giving gifts and greeting cards to their fathers. Family dinners and parties are arranged in many houses too; people tend to prepare the meals, which their fathers love. Unlike other festivals such as Christmas and Easter, there are no special traditional Father’s Day dishes – although it is all about giving your father his favorite meals on the day. Daughters usually prepare the dishes which their fathers like or might like to eat; many recipes from the internet are taken and each year there is something special to cook. People who emphasis more on the Father’s Day meals prefer serving food in a different and nicer way (than they usually do before having meals) – tables are decorated with napkins, aromatic candles, centre pieces and the food is served in very elegant crockery.

Giving Presents on the Day:

On Father’s Day, all the loving sons and daughters wish their fathers long life and thank them for all of stress they have tolerated and every good thing they have done for their children. It is the perfect day for you to express your point of views and feelings for your father; it is a perfect moment to tell your father that you are nothing without his support. Cheer you father by giving him presents on Father’s Day. Items, which can be gifted to a father, are large in variety; famous Father’s Day gifts include watches, electronics, suiting, perfumes and a lot more. Nevertheless, you can make your father glad by gifting him something that might help him in his daily life. It is advised that you go out in the malls and do a survey first.

Smarter Ways of Wishing Your Dad:

Without wasting too much time, people tend to wish their fathers by a single click - -thanks to the latest technologies. Wishing father has been made easy with the help of cell phones, as sending Father’s Day text messages is a quicker way. Nonetheless, if your father is a regular internet user, wish him by sending e-card on this e-mail account. People in olden days used to wish their parents by sending greeting card and letter through mail box – today, Father’s Day SMS have taken over the older trends.

Mother is a sweetest relationship in everyone’s life. Mother is a most altruistic person in the world who always takes care of her children at every stage of their lives. It is our moral responsibility to look after our mother. We should make her life beautiful with lots of happiness all around. 

A day is now celebrated in the world since some years which is known as Mother’s Day; a day which is for your mother. However, it is not appropriate in any aspect to spend just a single day for the happiness of your mother. But we can simply say it a good initiative. Now, it is up to you how much you can make this day superb. There are various things, which can bring smile on your mother’s face. Such as, you can take her out for lunch or dinner. You may decorate your home in a way she likes. You can also give her a flower or any other special gift, which she likes often. 

Mother’s Day Text Messages:

On the other hand, there is still a very simple and easy way to have a good time on Mother’s Day. Yeah through Mother’s Day SMS you can bring happiness in your mother’s life. Mother’s Day SMS is like a text message, which contains some specific message in it. For instance, it can say that how much you love your mother. Mother’s Day text message can also become a way to thank your mother for all the sacrifices she is making for you since past. 

How to get to Mother’s Day SMS?

It is not difficult to get to Mother’s Day SMS as you have vast collections of these messages in the market in form of SMS books and guides. In addition to this, you can see thousands of such messages on internet. So, you just have to choose a beautiful Mother’s Day SMS and then send it to your mother. Although, you can send more than one SMS to your mother as well!

What your Mother Like?

It is better if you select a message, which you think will impress your mother the most. You should consider her liking in this way as well. There can be various Mother’s Day text messages; for instance, one of the sweet Mother’s Day SMS is given below: 

You've seen me laugh 
You've seen me cry 
And always you were there with me 
I may not have always said it 
But thanks and I love you 
Happy Mother's Day.