Alslam alikom,
Yes I agree with you that in Ramadan the sales of food comes more & more. Some families make lots of dishes, different kinds of food after the fast time, I agree that it is wrong! first that it is not good for health, second that the little you eat the more is better especially in ramadan. BUT not all muslims do that, and even some families make lots of dishes but they gave other neighbors to eat, or poor people or to friends... like in some people in our family too.
Some people eat just at first a dates & arabic coffee, then after we finish (Traweeh Prayers) they eat somthing more.
In Islam, even in ramadan, there is somthing we call it (farhat al saiem).
faraht > means the happy
al > the
saiem > the person who fasted
So, after you fast that day, all the family set togather before the sunset comes & before the prayer calls the sunset pray.... and when we hear the prayer we all fell the soo happy, that we finishes our fast in this day and now we can eat. Even the food have different taste in ramadan.
You feel inside soo happy after fasting, you feel like Allah gives you this food after what you done.
Somthing I can not explain.
Just to tell you somthing, Yes first days you love to eat,you like the way you eat after fasting, but then later you feel that just 3 or 4 spoons are enough and you feel not hungry.
This what I feel alwayes.
It is a ritual, but it differ from a person to another person.
Some muslims pray in ramadan the (Night Prayes).
Some oth them PRAY the (Traweeh Prayer).
Some of them just (THE IMPOTANT 5 PRAYERS THAT IS MUST).
Some completes reading the whole Quran in ramaden.
Some of them just the half.
Some of them goes for lessons in Mosque
Some prefere reading at home...
lots and lots ot different things muslim vary. but at last we are muslims and we do what Allah want us to do. If the muslim makes more prayers or more good things ofcourse this will be written for him in his book up with Allah....
Also, some wants to eat more after fasting , some do not want just a little. this do not have any problem with islam.
Allah bless you too dear.
Ghada
A muslim girl who in deep love with Islam.