episode 8

The main ideas from this information are about Ramadan and the daily routines and activities during this month. The speakers discuss fasting for religious purposes and the importance of humbling oneself. They also talk about their favorite things to do while fasting, such as playing cricket, sleeping, and waiting for food. The conversation also includes discussions about prayer, reading the Quran, and going to the gym during Ramadan. The idea is not to go like anything outside of your normal life, but to be like a free swing of a bat, right? May this Ramadan bring ultimate blessings and may Allah accept our fast for this Ramadan. How have you been, Zaman? I'm good. How's life? It's been approximately three weeks since we... For the last 30 minutes, it's not been good. Baba Razan just got out. Oh, no. As you guys know, we are watching the... What is this? The playoffs? It's the qualifiers. The first qualifier. I'm not a cricket watcher, so explain this to me in NBA terms. Okay, no. It's the 9th and the 10th seed. Wait, no. 8th and the 9th seed playing for the... It's the quarterfinals, because this is not the semifinals, right? We have finals, we have semifinals, and then we have qualifiers. We have conference finals like LeBron James and Seth Curry. So Eastern... Like the Western Conference Finals? Yeah, LeBron James and Seth Curry. Okay, so ladies and gentlemen, we are watching the Pakistan Super League Western Conference Finals in NBA terms, because I know no one watches cricket besides our Pakistani fans. So, do you want to explain to our fans why we fast? Because I know a lot of my friends think I just fast to starve myself. It's just for the fun of it, really. There's no religious aspect to it. I mean, obviously we are Muslims, so it is one of the most important months in our religion. We fast for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to humble ourselves. So as we are filming this podcast, we are fasting. So as you can see, I'm not as fashionably dressed as I always am. So, what is your favorite thing to do while you fast, Iman? I'm not going to lie, it's two things. Play cricket and sleep. Oh, man. Ever since... Listen, listen, man. That's not... You don't pray? I do. I pray six times a day. Six times? I thought it was five. Yeah, I pray five times a day. No, I'm kidding. I'm joking. I pray five times a day. I don't know all the prayers. Just don't ask me which ones. Yeah, so I basically sleep a lot. What about you, Mashoud? What's your favorite thing? My favorite thing to do is the waiting of the food part. I just patiently try to keep myself productive. I don't sleep. I try to keep myself moving, because that makes time go quicker. You know, the fastest way you can make the time go quicker is sleep. Yeah, but then if I sleep, I'm going to be missing my namaz. No, you've got to work your sleep schedule out. Do you set timers? Do you want to look at my phone how many timers I have? Do you set a timer from Zohar to Asr and then Asr to Maghrib? No, see, look. My schedule so far... Give us a rundown of your day in life during Ramadan. So, this is the third day, right? Yes. So, past the two days, the first day, after Taraweeh, right? Or before, after Sadiq? Okay, after Taraweeh. We went to Taraweeh. Yes. I didn't read. No, I did read. Are you the 20 rakat gang, 8 rakat gang, 4 rakat gang, or 2 rakat gang? Or zero? Come on. Look, if we're counting Isha, I'll say about 8. 4 Fardh, 2 Sunnah, 2 Taraweeh, plus the 3 Witr. Okay. But we're not counting the 3 Witr as for the rakat, right? So, in terms of just Taraweeh, we're only at 2. See, I feel like it should come from the heart. And if it doesn't, then you shouldn't read it. You've got to mean it, yes. Exactly. So, you're telling me with your full intention, you read only 2? Yes. I, to be honest with you, I would say the same thing. It's out. It's done. Kolar Cadmore just got out. I personally would say, I read, so this is day 3, right? The first day I read 8. With full intention, right? I read 8 because the first day I was fully committed, I needed to do it. Second day, I didn't even go. Third day, you came here. And sadly, we read 0. So, my average right now in NBA terms will be, I'd be averaging a whopping like, 8 divided by 3 comes out to what? 2.5. 2.5. I average about 2.5. Oh, damn. 2.5 Taraweeh a day. So, I'm almost there. I think my average is like 1.8. 2 or 3, something like that. 8 divided by, I don't know, Joby. Joby, yeah. So, I'm averaging a good amount, like 1 a day. Alright, so no, as I was saying, my routine. After Taraweeh, I sleep. Wake up for Fajr. Shut up. Wake up for Sehri. Eat Sehri. Then I go to the gym. Really? You're back? Yes. I go to the gym. No, no, no, no, no camera. Are those my drawers? Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. Okay, I'll let it slide for the one time. Continue, continue. Alright, so I hit the gym. Actually, see, the timing for the gym we set was 6.30. We work out for two hours. But the person I go with comes there at like 7, 7.30. So, I have to wait there for them. You gotta wait in the car? In the car. I don't like waiting. Yeah. Red flag. Red flag, definitely. So, we finish at like 9, 9.30-ish. Okay. I go home. I sleep. He's not. I'm there on time, bro. He's never there on time. He's not. I see on his story that he always posts a picture of you at like 8.20. That's what I'm saying. That's the start of the workout. That's the start of the workout, 8.20 in the morning. I feel productive as well because I see it at 8.20 in the morning. I'm at work. So, I'm like, okay, he's at the gym. I'm at work. We're both kind of doing something. But he goes to sleep after doing it. No way. Did that turn off? No, I just turned it off. Turn it on? That's off. Oh, my God. Oh, man. Do I press the record button? No, press the on-off button. Why did it turn off? Is the battery low on it? It shouldn't be. There you go. What's the battery? Did it record anything? The battery is full. Yeah, so press the record button, bro. We got to keep a watch on the lens then. I don't know why that shit is turning off. When you were looking at the camera, you don't see nothing? I don't know how it is. Look at the red light, guys. Technical difficulties on that side of the camera. Oh, yeah, it's recording. It's recording? It's recording now, so we got to see where do we leave off. Let's just start with the day in the life again. Again. All right. So, Taraweeh happens. I go to sleep after Taraweeh. Okay. I'm a good person. So, after Taraweeh, I go to sleep. Taraweeh. Taraweeh. Okay. Then wake up for Sehri. Eat Sehri. Go to the gym. Okay. Get done around 9, 9.30-ish. And then I go to sleep. I wake up at 2 o'clock. 2 o'clock, okay. So, I get... Huh? I wake up at 2 o'clock. How many hours is that? Let's say 10 to 2. 10 to 2 is like 4. 4. So, that's 4 hours plus the 6 hours I get. Okay. So, you got 10 hours of sleep. 10 hours of sleep. Okay. Wake up. Read Namaz. Okay. Zohar. Wait till Asr. And go back to sleep. Okay. It's not bad. Yeah. So, it's Asr at 4.30. Let's say it takes about a minute to read. Because I'm like a Ferrari when it comes to Namaz. Are you like that TikTok that I always be seeing of the Indonesian Imam? No, no. I'm faster. You're faster than him? Yeah, I'm faster. Okay, okay, okay. Don't recommend it. But how do you get the words out? It's like a... Natural? It's a natural talent, I would say. Okay, okay, okay. Not everyone has it. Okay. It's just me. So, that's just Zohar. What do you do for the next like 6-7 hours? That's what I'm saying. So, I sleep after... No, I'm not talking about Zohar. I'm talking about Asr. Oh, Asr. Asr is at 4.30. Okay. After that, I go back to sleep. Okay. Then I wake up at 6. Okay. I wake up at 6. One hour is left. So, if you think about it, I time travel a lot. I think I figured it out. Okay. Yeah. So, your day... And then you obviously... Obviously, I help out in the kitchen. Come on. Okay, yeah. You think I don't do that? Every man should help out in the kitchen, you know. I set the table. I get all the stuff out. I hope you do the same, you know. Set the table? I'm... See, I usually cook. Oh, you cook? I'm a chef myself. So, you let your mom sit on the couch? Yeah. She can't be in the kitchen. There's no way. Oh, okay. No. Okay. That's not happening. Okay. Alright, watch the camera! Okay, I gotta... Yeah. Move it a little bit. No, that's okay. I just gotta... I gotta take after you then. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. So, that's your day in the life, right? Let me tell you mine real quick. That's like a... It's like a... Making me look type of day. Making me look good type of day. Yeah, like... On average, you're... I try to look up to you for that, you know? I mean, I've been slacking a little bit on the kitchen side, but everything else, you know, I've been pretty good at. See... Tarabis... Hey, hey, hey! I don't go in the kitchen. Oh, you don't cook? I don't cook. Okay. I don't cook either. I was just trying to make it look good for the... Yeah. Go ahead, guys. Continue. I read about 2.5 tarabis a day. From the heart. I go out... See, the only reason I read 2.5 tarabis a day is because I got to activate my 30-day LeBron. See, I only get demon basketball skills for 30 days a year. And it just so happens to be in Ramazan, right? So, I can't waste them. I got to get out there, show people who's boss. I've been doing it for about 15 years now. People look at me... 15 years. People look at... People look at me as the king. Tordo. Tordo. Tordo. Tordo. Tordo, Amma. This is your nice showpiece, Tordo. People look at me as like the LeBron James of ICLC Masjid. Alright? Can't let him down. I'm about to retire soon, though. So, my retire ceremony is going to be... I think a couple, two years left. After basketball, tarabi, go home. You know, prepare for suhoor, sahidi, whatever you guys call it. I really don't know. I have about one paratha with whatever leftover mom made from dinner. Go back to sleep for about two hours. Got to wake up for work, you know. They know I'm fasting, so they let me slide a little bit with the timing. So, appreciate that. Work from 10 to 6. Don't take any breaks. Goes by pretty fast, right? I'm pretty productive during the day. I'm tired, man. I come home at 6. One hour left. I purposely take the long route home. Just so I get home around like 6.30, 6.35. 30 minutes left. Come home, fresh up. Iftar. I like that. What's your favorite go-to iftar meal? What do you like? Ah, man. You like rouza? You like rouza? Rouza in water, not in milk. Rouza in general is... I shouldn't say it, but it's disgusting. No way! I don't like rouza. Really? Yeah, no. I see you're a lessee type of guy. I'm a lessee type of guy. Sadim, what is your go-to type of meal? For me? Go-to iftar meal. Iftar meal, I would... I've been eating chicken and rice for the past few days, but like... You know what I have for suhoor? What? I have three boiled eggs. Salmon. Stopped again. Why? Why is that one stopping? Click it, click it, click it! I think it's you. Every time you come in the frame. Alright, good. So, redo it. What was it? So... Hmm. So, so... Is the red light on? Yeah, my red light's on. So can I tell you my suhoor? Yeah! Tell us your iftar. You didn't even tell us your iftar. Oh, my iftar is chicken and rice. What'd you have yesterday? You were feasting. Yeah, I was feasting because I was at your house. It's like a dawg for me, it's like my cheat day. But like regular days, I would have a protein shake to fill me up so I don't eat a lot. Then I have wheat yogurt for the same reason. Then I have my chicken and rice. Probably half a samosa. And then that's it. That's it. Damn. You wanna know my suhoor? I saw your suhoor yesterday, but what is your regular day's suhoor? My regular day's suhoor is three boiled eggs, a piece of salmon that's from Costco already marinated, one Greek yogurt, one protein shake, and oats. Wow, that's a lot. Yeah. So you don't eat paratha? I don't eat paratha because I don't want too much carbs in the morning. Oh, my god. Because I have a long day after. Oh, my god. So do you sleep like Zaman does? Zaman sleeps a lot. No, I hit the gym with Zaman. You're late, I heard you're late. Yeah, I'm late, but then I go to work after. I do my 9-to-5, and then I have class at 6-to-9. I do that. So you're pretty productive like me. What? Say something, boy. And my midterms are coming up next week, so I'm going to be done up. You're going to fast for those midterms, right? Yeah, of course I'm going to. Don't be like those guys who are like, You drink coffee in the morning, no? I don't drink. I'm sensitive to caffeine, so I can't do that. You think Shabai convinces his mom not to fast during his exam days? I feel like he's puffy a little bit. Shabai never offers to pay for me. Yeah, he never offers to pay when I'm there. What's your go-to iftar meal? I need rolled samosa. I need, not rooh afza, rooh afza's not it. I don't drink lassi in iftar. It's only sehri. Yeah, rolled samosa. Sometimes petis. Petis are bomb. How do you like... Oh yeah, continue, continue. Whatever junk food you bring me, I'll eat it. Iftar meal. I don't get fat. Yeah, I can see that. I don't know why. If the two of us eat the same meal, the unhealthy one, I'll get fat and you won't. You're fat. Since childhood. There's one thing. Spring roll, right? How did it blow up? They only come out in Ramadan. Mom never makes it at any other time. They just come out in Ramadan. That's a good question. Is it just like a tradition with Pakistanis? I don't know. I don't think I've ever seen or seen myself eat spring rolls outside of Ramadan. After Eid, it's like done. It's like packed. They come with Chinese food. Which team are we going for? Peshawar. Peshawar Zalmi? Yeah. Why don't we go for the Multan Sultans? That sounds like a better name. No, it's not based on the name. It's just your team that you go for. Are you from Peshawar? No. So, how's your team? See, back in the day... I'm from Karachi, so I thought I would be supporting the Karachi King. No, back in the day when Shahid Afridi was in Peshawar, those were the days. And now, Babur Azam is back in it, so... Karachi King's for life, even though I don't know anyone on that team. They're out of the tournament. I know. It was sad. All right. We spoke on this a little bit. No, I think that Travi Park got cut out. Right? I think it did, probably. All right, so... I think it was your record, not mine. So, tell me. What did you want to say? How many travis did you read? Two, four, six... On the first travi, it was full. I'll read all of them, 20 for 20. All of them? I don't know what happened. I read four. Oh, now you know what happened. All right, listen to me. I want to read. Okay. But the environment is such that I can't read. Look, we went first, okay? We read Isha. After Isha, they do a little bit of speeching and fundraising. Yeah, we do that too. There's an auction first. So, there's fundraising. After that, when we were reading, I was standing, there were two floors in the mosque. So, I was standing on the upper floor. Baba, Taha and me. And it was so hot. After Isha, I went downstairs. But when I came out of there, I was going down the stairs, and I saw that there was no space. So, there was no space upstairs, and there was no space downstairs either. I went outside. When I went outside, they had laid the carpet there, so that I could read outside. But it was cold outside. And I didn't wear a hoodie. I had worn a hoodie, but I didn't wear a jacket. So, it was very cold. When I came inside again, people were reading on the stairs. Reading on the stairs? So much dedication. There are kids there. They can read. It's such a small staircase. So, they were reading there. I sat for a while. It was 2pm. No one went. It was 4pm. No one went. After 4pm, people usually leave. They left, but I got a little lazy, so I couldn't go inside until other people came in. But... It was closed then. I don't know what's going on with that. I have no clue. I think it has a timer, which I'll have to pause. I get it. I think it's like a minute timer. So, when 4pm was over, people went outside. So, me, Sarim, and Saboor went outside and read for 4 hours. Okay. So, the average for the first day was 4 hours. 4 hours. Oh, man. On the second day, a friend of ours came. His name was Steven. Okay. He said, Oh, man. You're screwed. I think, we should say goodbye to Peshawar Jalmi. Who gets out in one run? Even I don't get out in one run. Amir Jamal gets out. Yeah, man. Oh, he tried to do that move. Nice. Alright, so as I was saying, on the second day, a friend of ours came. His name was Steven. His name was Steven. So, we were standing with him for a while. We found out that 8pm was over. Then, he said, Come, I'll take you out for a walk. He's not a Muslim, so, as a nice gesture, he said, Come, I'll take you out for a walk. Oh, nice. So, we went there. So, when we came back, we didn't know that the Taraweeh would end so soon. So, it ended. So, he couldn't read it either. So, on the second day, it was zero. Mine was also zero on the second day. And then, on the third day, we came here. But here, we're guests. So, who reads the Taraweeh? Have you ever read it? Taraweeh at someone's house. No, just don't think about it. I haven't read it. So, it ended. So, it was zero there as well. What was the average? 1.5. Actually, people don't know this, but when COVID happened, we used to go to the mosque. But, I used to read the Taraweeh at home myself. So, you used to read it very quickly, right? You read all of it and took it out. We don't read for so long. So, our Taraweeh used to end in 15-20 minutes. That's it. I used to read the whole 20 during COVID. It was so good. Isn't there a mosque here where Taraweeh is read quickly? Oh, man! I'll have to go to Indonesia. In Indonesia, I've seen that Imam reads Taraweeh so quickly. If my uncle reads it looking at me so quickly, it will be very bad for me. Yeah, man. What else we got? What else we got? What else we got? I think we're done. I think we're done. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Alright. Some real world stuff. We just woke up. We played a match. We said, let's do a raw vlog and a raw podcast. So, we are here. 6! 6! Sixer! Sixer! Sixer! Sixer! Sixer! So, just some real world stuff. I mean, let's explain to the people why we are filming three weeks out. You know. Oh, yes. So, once we the last episode was the Afghan one, right? After that, he went on vacation. The one week I was free, his brother said, his brother said, Mashood, we have to go somewhere. I said, alright, I'll go on one condition. We'll have to do a podcast there. We arrived, did everything. I don't know how many times I asked, Taha, let's do a podcast. Nothing, just lying on the bed. No, man. Shocker. No, man. I don't want to do it. So, that's why we didn't do a podcast that week. Hey, don't tell me what you did now. Save that for another podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a story for another time. What about you? You've been very busy too. No time. I heard you left your job. You're just sitting at home now? Yes. Ramadan at home? Yes. I wish I could do that too. You know, I'm trying to make the full of, you know, the time I have. You got to, you got to get the full Ramadan experience by being at home. Trying to read all the 20 Tarawih, but obviously, I told you my circumstances don't match up. When you're working, you're kind of like drained of energy. Like, the most fun, we got to go to Pakistan. 30 days off, full month, we got to go to Pakistan and do Ramadan. I've been hearing from a lot of people, your dad said it was fun. You guys, you said he would do, they would play cricket till they do Sedi. Yes. I want to do that. And it's Pakistan, so it's not going to get cold. It's going to be hot. It's going to be nice. It's going to be nice. So, that's another thing we got to do. But, but, what do we do in our next vacation? Alright, that was the Ramadan pod cast. We will aim to be quicker than ever. No more three weeks out. Alright, Zivon? Yes. First time ever listening to you. This is the same baritone we had last time. Something like that. They both are hitters, so I'm,