21 Ramadan Tweets That Only Muslims Will Understand
Whether it's the physical test of abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours, or the spiritual task of digging deep inside your soul to reflect on your relationship with God, Ramadan is meant to be a challenge.
Often, it's a tough one.
About halfway through the holy month, which began on June 6, Muslims around the world have taken to social media to share their experiences.
YouTube personality Karim Metwaly asked his followers to tweet out their #RamadanStruggles. HuffPost Religion has rounded up a few replies to this callout, as well as other tweets that capture both the trials and the joys observers of the fast have encountered during this holy month.
From waking up for the pre-dawn meal, or suhoor, to feeling full after a hefty post-sunset dinner, or iftar, here are 21 tweets that capture the experience of observing Ramadan.
Waking up for suhoor like pic.twitter.com/I84CWGfAkb
— Nader (@BonsaiSky) June 13, 2016
When you thought you woke up for suhur on time but suhur was like 30 mins ago #RamadanStruggles pic.twitter.com/AjPenU2O8X
— A F L E X Z O N E (@_YungAflexHoe) June 10, 2016
When you wake someone up in Ramadan and they sit at the table for 5 minutes wondering what's going on 😂 pic.twitter.com/t3loOwhdFh
— حليمة (@Miiss_Liimzaay) May 6, 2016
Making plans with non Muslim friends during Ramadan like pic.twitter.com/Js1GEY0Tu9
— Zainab Badi (@badizainab) June 21, 2016
Now that it's Ramadan, I honestly regret all the food related pages I liked. #RamadanStruggles
— Aliaa (@Aliaa_ElNashar) June 21, 2016
#RamadanStruggles - when it's late in the day and you grab your toothpaste instead of your deodorant & start rubbing it under your arms...
— Jordan Alam (@thecowation) June 6, 2016
Top Ramadan tip: always try and schedule meetings before 1pm, that's when Ramadan breath hasn't properly kicked in yet.
— M Ullah (@M_Ullah) June 21, 2016
I'm done extroverting. Extroverting is hard when fasting.
— Taz Ahmed (@TazzyStar) June 22, 2016
When your non-muslim friends make lunch plans but you ain't about that life atm #ramadanstruggles #nahbruhiamfasting
— Sana♛ (@Sana_278) June 10, 2016
barber: what you want?
him: let me get that Ramadan fade
barber: say no more pic.twitter.com/VRU6Tp8no4— brohsen (@brohsen) June 15, 2016
Day 13 of Ramadan: fasting isn't too bad, but I do tear up at the sight/smell/thought of coffee ☹ #missinu
— Hiba Ahmad (@Hiba_Ahmad96) June 18, 2016
Prayed taraweeh on hasiras (straw mats) last night. Forehead is still sporting red patch. Lesson: BYO carpet mat, clearly. #ramadanstruggle
— Miran Hosny (@MiranHosny) June 22, 2016
when you're trying to follow along during taraweeh but don't understand Arabic pic.twitter.com/2ZiCrezIuN
— brohsen (@brohsen) June 7, 2016
When everyone else around you is fasting, but you still haven't spotted the moon pic.twitter.com/8NtluRwPzl
— Awkward Muslim™ (@AwkwardMuslim) June 6, 2016
They say it's a blessing to feed a #Muslim who's breaking her fast. OK. I could use that. #Ramadan #queermuslims #Iftar2016
— Fawzia Mirza (@thefawz) June 17, 2016
Iftaar emotions pic.twitter.com/n0xsFDxAP4
— Raz (@raztweets) June 21, 2016
I've lost so much weight this #Ramadan because I just can't bring myself to eat very much after a day of chasing around my 2yr old. #tired
— Mona Haydar (@mona_haydar) June 20, 2016
Sitting a Maths Exam in Ramadan pic.twitter.com/SAgpRRBDE9
— عُمر (@OmarImranTweets) June 11, 2016
Preparing Eidi Gifts <3 #Thalassemia #Ramadan #Eid #Drive pic.twitter.com/byWSEJGLMk
— Ayesha Mehmood (@blessedAyesha) June 20, 2016
I think it's about time I started looking for an exquisite Eid outfit. Slayage has to be at one hunnid
— N. (@nadimalicious) June 17, 2016
Non Muslims might think that Ramadan is very hard for us Muslims.. but little do they know that it's our favorite time of the year.
— Zaid Ali (@Za1d) June 7, 2016
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