A Information to Supporting Coworkers Celebrating Ramadan I Traackr

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Relatedly, a pal lately requested me how finest to help a colleague who shall be celebrating Ramadan. Whereas this was a difficult query to reply, it gave me the concept for this text — a small intro to Ramadan (for individuals who don’t know) and a few ideas for methods to help colleagues who observe it.

Since this week marks the primary week of Ramadan, here’s a small primer on the month.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and Muslims world wide observe this month by abstaining from meals and water from daybreak till sundown. Fasting is without doubt one of the 5 pillars of Islam, and it’s a time for religious reflection, self-improvement, and charity.

At its core, Ramadan entails two key occasions every single day. 

• Suhoor: The meal eaten proper earlier than the solar has risen. 
• Iftar: the fast-breaking meal eaten on the finish of the day after the solar has set.

As a Muslim, this month is a time of reflection, prayer, and reference to my neighborhood. Rising up, I had fond reminiscences of waking up in the midst of the night time and consuming a meal with my household – half awake, yawning, and rubbing my eyes. The evenings had been stuffed with cooking with my household, guessing if there was sufficient salt in a dish, laughing once we later realized there wasn’t, delivering meals to neighbors, receiving meals from muslim neighbors, and events crammed to the brim with folks from the neighborhood and a few of my favourite meals.

Whereas Ramadan is a deeply private expertise, it is usually a time for neighborhood. When you’ve got Muslim colleagues who’re observing Ramadan, it’s a nice alternative to study one thing about them and to indicate your help. Whereas I’ll present some recommendation under for a way you may help colleagues who observe Ramadan, please keep in mind that it’s a totally different expertise for every particular person. The perfect place to begin is to all the time merely ask the particular person what sort of help, if any, they want. 

Listed below are some ideas that can assist you work together together with your colleagues throughout Ramadan 

1. Ship a greeting. “Ramadan Mubarak”  is an effective way to ship a greeting, it means to have a blessed Ramadan.
2. Ask questions. In case you are interested in Ramadan, ask your colleagues! They are going to possible be glad to share their experiences and reply any questions you might have.
3. Be aware. It is essential to notice that not each Muslim will quick throughout Ramadan. For some, fasting is probably not attainable because of well being causes or different private circumstances. 
4. Be understanding. Your Muslim colleagues could appear drained or much less energetic than ordinary through the month of Ramadan. Fasting is usually a difficult expertise, and it is pure to really feel extra drained than ordinary.
5. Keep away from scheduling calls close to sundown. Your colleagues shall be utilizing this time to arrange their Iftar meal with their household.
6. Keep away from scheduling calls throughout lunchtime. For some, even on zoom, it may be difficult to be round meals whereas fasting.

Hungry for extra particulars on Ramadan? 

I’ve received you coated. Listed below are a few of my favourite muslim influencers who can shed extra gentle on the month:

1. Hajar Larbah: For 3 years, Hajar has accomplished a video collection on new recipes for Ramadan. She shares 30 new recipes together with her viewers to get pleasure from throughout Ramadan (one for every day of the month!). Phrase to the sensible: don’t take a look at these while you’re fasting or you’re gonna have a nasty time. 😅
2. Saman Munir: Saman supplies data on figuring out throughout Ramadan. For the previous few years, she’s supplied numerous pattern exercises to do throughout Ramadan. Look out for her tips about figuring out through the month. On this video she shares wise recommendation about when to train throughout Ramadan, however to my colleagues who’ve seen me overtrain to my detriment, know the actual reply is: exercise all day lengthy. Kidding! Kind of… ‍
3. Azeems: I really like his deal with bodybuilding throughout Ramadan and one of the simplest ways to get all of the vitamin you want through the month. That is one thing I’ve had a tough time with in earlier years throughout Ramadan. Lately I’ve been actually specializing in giving my physique the protein it must develop muscle, so I’ll be placing this video to observe. ‍
4. Rehma Khan: I really like her video collection on adorning/prepping for Ramadan. It has a really private really feel to it. You’ll actually get some nice perception on the extra mundane elements of Ramadan that every one muslims undergo. 

‍This is likely to be blasphemy, however there’s a third choice. Dates, like raisins, are simply inferior fruits. So as an alternative of dates, I counsel you break your quick with mangoes. You’ll thank me later.

I’ll admit that my household didn’t fairly have the power for adorning that she does. Rising up, when my sister and I wished to do some Ramadan decorations, my mother and father all the time responded with that’s an amazing thought, let’s do it subsequent 12 months…😂😂😂.