Ramadan for the Muslim Mom

Remember our Ramadan blog seriesfrom last year? Alhamdulillah, we were able to provide a variety of posts for Muslim moms specifically with the common theme of Ramadan. Our topics varied–from spiritual and physical health, to Ramadan with your kids, to tasty recipes from around the world, and more–all written directly to the Muslim Mom.

As promised in the post linked above, we’re working on compiling the posts into an eBook, “The Ultimate Guide to Ramadan For The Muslim Mom,” Insha’Allah. As the title insinuates, it’s positioned to be the ideal reading companion for the Muslim Mom during our most sacred month of Ramadan, Insha’Allah.

It’s been quite an experience putting together this eBook with Ponn Sabra. I should clarify–a GREAT experience, Alhamdulillah. In almost all my posts, I reflect on how quickly time flies by and how it blows my mind. So once again, my eyes are popping when I look at the calendar and realize Ramadan is a little over a month away Insha’Allah. The time has come to really prepare for this month, and working on this eBook has given me a chance to do just that.

I’ve never co-authored an eBook before, but Khalto Ponn assured me that my year of being the editor and blog manager to her various blogs prepared me for this task. Anxious and excited, I began reading, amending, and formatting. Turned out that the typing and clicking transformed into something much greater, much deeper, and much more meaningful for me. Khalto always explains that writing is a form of ibadah (act of worship) with the right intentions, such as, being focused on Allah subhana Allahu wa Ta’ala. The task and its end product will be accepted as sadaqah jariyah (ongoing charity), Insha’Allah Ta’ala. As shown in this post, SubhanAllah, she is right. Not only is it one of my biggest writing assignments to date, it has also become one of the most rewarding.

While editing, I’m going back and reading all the tips and tricks from the posts, and it’s really getting me into the spirit of Ramadan, Alhamdulillah. Everyone needs a little bit of a spiritual retreat, and SubhanAllah, mine in a way is unfolding as I try to meet the deadline for this project.