Dearest,
Shy a few days before we muslims the world over celebrate eidul fitri,momentous days for children and adults alike. Then, everyone will finish their crash course on how to live life moderately and be pious before The Almighty.But not those unfortunate enough like Somalians struggling to get anything their bare hands can lay on to spare their life for another day or even another hour.
If our dinner table laden with foods,but for Somalians all they need is just a few drops of water not to quench their thirst but to spare their life. Some parents even were traumatic for days or even months having to abandon their children dying on the scorching desert as they had no food left to spare for the remaining children whom according to them were their priority.When asked for doing such a most difficult decision, they said God at first created them and God also would take care of them as they had no choice left but to leave their children under a tree on the barren desert in their exodus to flee drought-stricken country.But we, struggling to beat the rest getting the best martabak our nearest Ramadan bazaar could offer.And Ramadan to most of us is more aptly put as feasting month not fasting month since what seemingly matters us most are the best meal for a breaking of fast and preparation for come festive days.Rarely, we put much thought on our deeds prior and during Ramadhan which of utmost priority. This to me is like more on self reflection as i do think not on both which is worse in fact. Only this month i have tried my best to finish reading Qur'an 30 juz and observe Tarawikh prayers.
However, this holy month is actually like a crash course to let us muslims keep things especially our deeds in check. By so doing, we can carry on doing such good practices in the following months, not confined to Ramadan only. More often than not, after Ramadan our Qur'an neatly arranged on the shelf would probably start collecting the dust again for another Ramadan which we were never sure of our chance to meet it.
This Ramadan is like action learning as we learn while practicing and doing self reflection. The best value we could learn during this month is discipline especially while performing tarawikh prayers. Imagine great Imam, Imam Sudais in Mecca, could discipline thousands of congregations getting into rows by merely uttering saff..before prayers. We practice patience, focus and determination while finishing 8 or even 20 rakaat for Tarawikh prayers.
What a remarkable change if we manage to maintain Ramadan modes into our daily life as the purpose of Ramadan itself is to educate one's self to be a better muslim. We are spared a few days for self reflection so that we can start anew our life the following months with the true spirit of Ramadan. We have paid handsomely to complete our Ramadan and to grab priceless gifts it could offer. But, we must first and foremost bear in mind that Ramadan is like a crash course in which to train ourself to be disciplined ,someone with a vision apart of cleansing our soul.
Sir
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They say, Islam is the most misunderstood religion in the world, even by its own believers.The same goes to the month of Ramadhan where it is culturally celebrated as a fiesta of food instead of to be treated as a time to practise moderation. Don't want to dwell on that much, but the philospohy behind this holy month is a joy to be pondered about. How every single thing about it is systematic. how great the benefits it brings to us.. the month of acquiring good habit while developing piety.. with the famine crisis in Somalia, a platform for muslims to show how 'a practicing muslim' they are...
ReplyDeleteRamadhan is a test. May we succeed with a day of it left~