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Pre-Ramadan Checklist

1) Prepare Eid Clothes (so you don't waste time in Ramadan shopping for them) 2) Prayer Clothes (Buy/ make new ones or wash, iron and perfume existing ones) 3) Prayer Place (Dedicate a space in your home for your daily worship - clean, tahhir and 'attar it, and stock it up with all you need for your ibadah) For sisters in particular! 4) Menu! (Plan meals, whose turn it is to cook, and who you will be doing iftar for on different days) 5) Ibadah schedule/ targets (plan your qada, your daily schedule - plan how to fit it in, so that you will fit it in) 6) Du’a List (make a list of who you need to make du’a for during the month so during those busy days you don’t forget any one) 7) Donation preparation - prepare the stuff you will donate 8) Ta’zil ie/ Super-Spring Cleaning (clean, tahhir and gut out your rooms/house before the month to make it welcoming and comfortable for the angels ) 9. Plan your invitations (family, friends, inlaws) and send out the in