This post is totally blogging for the sake of blogging. Don't blame me. There's not much to do when you're stuck all alone for 3 hours in college while your friends are on the other side of the Klang Valley 'running' errands. Did I say 3, more like 3 1/2 if you take into account the time it takes before berbuka.
Side-tracking a bit here, somehow I much prefer the term berbuka to iftaar, though iftaar is of course the actual arabic word for the much-loved activity "breaking fast at sunset after refraining from eating since sunrise". Blame it on the the sentiments.
Oh yeah fasting! It's still the fasting month. The 14th (or 15th) {i think}[dependingonwhouask] of Ramadhan, the blessed month, when the gates of hell are shut for the peoples of Muhammad (s) whilst the gates of heaven are open widely. The month the Quran was sent down and revealed one night in the cave of Hira', marking the appointment of the final messenger, as a mercy to all mankind.
Also the month of bazaar ramadhan, kurma, ramadhan buffet, ayam percik (hoho, to overseas readers, read and weep hehe), murtabak, sirap bandung, kuih lapis, seri muka, bangkit etc etc.
Only those who feast, eh silap,fast can truly appreciate the sweet taste of the first kurma that enters your mouth, ending a long day of self-control or denial, followed by plates heaped with the various dishes (kuih, soup, nasi+lauk, desert,fruit) prepared for buka.
Of course its not all eating and drinking. There's still tarawih prayers to perform you know. Take your pic :8 ,20, 36, 4 rakaat (its all sunnat, some would say), but don't forget to witir. Then lets all get together at the local mamak for some teh tarik and moreh.
Fasting is not easy you know. Not eating, not drinking. How then should we fill the time between working, studying, and sleeping (oh and solat too)? Work even more? Nah,I'm so tired already. Besides with my stomach growling so much, I'm not really in the mood for more work, I think I'll just rest my head for a while. Wake me up when its maghrib ok?
"The messenger of Allah (S) said : “There are many who fast who will get nothing from the fast except hunger and thirst”"
2 comments:
The mention of ayam percik makes the weaker of us weep.
But it just makes me more homesick. Kampungsick. Take your pick.
But there's always the recipe book. And Malaysian Hall, if you're that desperate.
Melbournian iftar means you only cook a maximum of twice a week, thanks to the Islamic Society and to wonderful 'iron chefs' in the residential area of College Empat Segi.
Just a taste of the overseas Ramadhan for the people back home.
Salaam Ramadhan mubarak.
And yeah. About how to fill your free time?
Theres always:
a) qiamullail
b) reading the Quran
c) doing charity ('put some money each day into sadaqah/it may be little but you do it for the baraqah')
d) helping your mother in the kitchen
e) memorizing the Quran
f) memorizing the hadith
But hey. I'm sure you knew all that, right?
Sarcasm is contagious.
And as a leaving note: I agree with your profile. :)
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