Thursday 8 August 2013

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak everyone!
It is almost 1 Syawal (Eid Mubarak) here, in Indonesia. Just hours to go and I feel so excited. It is not because I'm gonna wear a new clothe for tomorrow -tradition in Indonesia, using new clothes when 1 Syawal comes, but it is not a must- but there will be a family gathering, a big family gathering with all cheers, envelops which is filled with money, delicious food and of course forgiving time.

Syawal comes after Ramadhan (depends on the Islamic year). In the holy month, Ramadhan, all muslim do fasting, which is started from the dawn until twilight for a month. Not only fasting, we also do sholat tarawih after sholat isya, we do zakat fitrah (special time: the night before 1 Syawal). The rests are as same as another month, like reading Quran, sholat subuh - Isya, and etc, the differences are placed in the intensity. All good actions will be paid more in Ramadhan, so that's why we do more than usual.

Ramadhan ends, Syawal comes. It will bring happiness, and also sadness. The happiness has been explained in the first paragraph. And how about the sadness? We say goodbye to Ramadhan. As like what I wrote before, Ramadhan has its own goodness, everything will be paid more, and it is hard to say goodbye to such kind of a good thing like that. What we are afraid of is that we won't say hello to Ramadhan next year, but I don't hope it will happen to me.

I've said there is a forgiving time in a Syawal right? So, here Aulia Nataningsih is so sorry for what she has done :) Eid Mubarak!
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