Right there with you! I am really sleeping after Sehar and than when come home around 6ish through iftaar. The routine is not ideal.
Its not hunger, not thirst in a 17.5 hours summer days fasting, its the messed up sleep schedule that bothers me most. Especially during work hours. And I'm sure i'm not the only one with that.
It was funny someone just walked in my office to discuss something and during that discussion i was yawning all the time and she goes like, you must be working all the weekend cuz you look so tired. And I was like, "umm..aan..well.. you know work stuff.. " LOL
At this point, what I'm doing is trying to sleep when I get the chance. So after Isha/Taraweeh until Sehri, then again after Fajr. I'm setting my meetings later. So I'm good if I get up between 7:30 and 8:30. Then after work hours until about Asr time.
Arabs before Islam used to add a 3rd month after every 3 years in order to keep months within the same season. This was forbidden by Islam. Ramadan fasting was imposed in the 4th Centuary Hijra - when it started circa 4 February 626 and till the inteqal of the Prophet - it all came during Winter months with shorter fasting days!
And all of you guys are lazy office workers! How you can imagine a person working all day long in the hot sun in Pakistan in the fields or on a construction site can observe fast?
Its not hunger, not thirst in a 17.5 hours summer days fasting, its the messed up sleep schedule that bothers me most. Especially during work hours. And I'm sure i'm not the only one with that.
How do you guyz cope up with that? Lets discuss.
It's a part and parcel of fasting. Think of it as being a part of extended sacrifice we do, and inshaAllah rack up rewards with Allah for even this because nothing that is done for the sake of Allah is without reward, even if it's an insignificant thing. Sleep is quite significant.
It is hard for sure, and require some creative time-management to balance out sleep hours.
Muslims in Australia New Zealand and Argentina are enjoying their Ramadan while Muslims in Malaysia, Indonesia and Kenya are indifferent as are the Sri Lankan Muslims!
Yo...this ramadan was long enough! But Alhamdullilah went well. I didnt wake up...for sehri last 10 days. Prayed and fell asleep. Consequently...suffered immensly...yes! But my sleep was caught up at least.