{"id":1874,"date":"2014-06-28T22:41:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T05:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2014-06-28T22:41:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T05:41:43","slug":"here-is-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/06\/here-is-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is Ramadan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we ventured out in search of the new crescent moon, not just my team and I, but countless number of Muslims all over the world. \u00a0There was not a single verifiable positive naked eye sighting. \u00a0Yesterday was the 29th day of Shabaan. Today it was the 30th and final day of Shabaan with no other option than to start Ramadan tomorrow.<\/p>\n

While many people devised an abstract construct to signify the start of the months in the Islamic Lunar calendar, nothing can be as simple and beautiful as going out to search for the new crescent moon. \u00a0The sight of the new moon has significant spiritual value for the heart. \u00a0By its vision it ingrains in the heart a firm certainty that serves as the foundation for actions that make up the worship of the One who created us. \u00a0Through that certainty our hearts find ease, calm and peace and dispells difficulty, angst and chaos.<\/p>\n

The need to go out once again to search for the moon on the 30th day is redundant, but to help those who still might question whether they should have fasted today or not and did not go out to settle their own hearts, I hope this photo will settle it.<\/p>\n

\"Ramadan

Ramadan 1435<\/p><\/div>\n

Ramadan is a wonderful time where we are given the opportunity to look at our selves in its mirror and see our shortcomings and work towards making ourselves better. \u00a0Its an exercise in self-discipline and fortitude, a time for reflection and contemplation, and a means for forgiveness and salvation. \u00a0Welcome this month with open arms, grasp onto it and garner as much benefit from it as you can before it moves on.<\/p>\n

Ramadan Mubarak and Peace to All!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The need to go out once again to search for the moon on the 30th day is redundant, but to help those who still might question whether they should have fasted today or not and did not go out to settle their own hearts, I hope this photo will settle it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6,4,39,10],"tags":[469,67,17,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1874"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}