A Information to Supporting Coworkers Celebrating Ramadan I Traackr

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Relatedly, a good friend lately requested me how greatest to assist a colleague who will likely 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 many who don’t know) and a few ideas for assist 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 among the 5 pillars of Islam, and it’s a time for religious reflection, self-improvement, and charity.

At its core, Ramadan includes 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 group. Rising up, I had fond recollections 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 stuffed to the brim with individuals from the neighborhood and a few of my favourite meals.

Whereas Ramadan is a deeply private expertise, additionally it is a time for group. When you have Muslim colleagues who’re observing Ramadan, it’s a nice alternative to study one thing about them and to point out your assist. Whereas I’ll present some recommendation beneath for the way you might assist colleagues who observe Ramadan, please do not forget that it’s a completely different expertise for every particular person. One of the best place to begin is to all the time merely ask the particular person what sort of assist, if any, they want. 

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

1. Ship a greeting. “Ramadan Mubarak”  is a good way to ship a greeting, it means to have a blessed Ramadan.
2. Ask questions. In case you are interested by Ramadan, ask your colleagues! They’ll seemingly be comfortable 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 might not be potential attributable to well being causes or different private circumstances. 
4. Be understanding. Your Muslim colleagues could appear drained or much less energetic than typical in the course of the month of Ramadan. Fasting is usually a difficult expertise, and it is pure to really feel extra drained than typical.
5. Keep away from scheduling calls close to sundown. Your colleagues will likely 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 acquired you coated. Listed below are a few of my favourite muslim influencers who can shed extra mild on the month:

1. Hajar Larbah: For 3 years, Hajar has completed a video sequence on new recipes for Ramadan. She shares 30 new recipes together with her viewers to take pleasure in throughout Ramadan (one for every day of the month!). Phrase to the clever: don’t take a look at these if you are fasting or you might be gonna have a nasty time. 😅
2. Saman Munir: Saman supplies information on figuring out throughout Ramadan. For the previous few years, she’s offered numerous pattern exercises to do throughout Ramadan. Look out for her recommendations on figuring out in the course of the month. On this video she shares smart recommendation about when to train throughout Ramadan, however to my colleagues who’ve seen me overtrain to my detriment, know the true 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 in the course of the month. That is one thing I’ve had a tough time with in earlier years throughout Ramadan. Not too long ago I’ve been actually specializing in giving my physique the protein it must develop muscle, so I’ll be placing this video to apply. ‍
4. Rehma Khan: I really like her video sequence 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 components of Ramadan that each one muslims undergo. 

‍This could be blasphemy, however there’s a third choice. Dates, like raisins, are simply inferior fruits. So as a substitute 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 needed to do some Ramadan decorations, my dad and mom all the time responded with that’s an ideal concept, let’s do it subsequent 12 months…😂😂😂.