Fasting Month (Ramadhan Month) in Indonesia

Hello again,

(Pardon my grammatical error if you read this)

Today is June 8th,2016. Third day of fasting of a month.
Many muslims around the world are celebrating fasting month or we called it "Ramadhan Month". In this case, celebrating means fasting from dawn to dusk (the length of fasting hour is different from each countries/area) , read much more the Qur'an, do more prayers (beside the 5 times pray), do more donation and do more good deeds. We also called this month as Holy Month. This year, fasting month is on June. Each year, it comes 1-2 weeks sooner.

Since the Majority of Indonesian is Islam, you'll feel something different in the fasting month. Indonesia will much more crowd aroun 5:00 .p.m . Many snacks booth or many stores will provide various kind of snack for break-fasting. From traditional snacks to classic snacks of break-fasting snack (dates). If you are in Jakarta, you'll face the most insane traffic in the world. Many cars & bikes will emerge in the main road around 4:00 .p.m and more.

What I personally loves from Ramadhan month are:
1. People tend to be much more nicer and quiter
2. Many kind of food will be sale, even the middle of the road (literally)
3. Although I need to come to work 30 minutes earlier than usual, the office will allow us to go home one hour earlier.
4. As many food emerging, many food bundling/set on the restaurant. Which is more cheaper (depends on the restaurant).
5. Many Ramadhan themes commercials.
6. After three weeks, they usually having "Lebaran" sale in many stores/department stores, etc.
7. And many more unique reason.

So, If you are coming to Indonesia now, Try to feel the Ramadhan Month euphoria from majority of Indonesian.

Sometimes, Different is good.

Hope you enjoy your stay in Indonesia~

xoxo

Hanya Saling Mengingatkan Untuk Sesama Muslim

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuhu.

Sesekali (Harusnya sih sering-sering ya ^^;) posting yang religius boleh yaa..

Wahai saudaraku sesama muslim, apa kabar kalian semua ? Semoga ketika membaca post ini kalian sedang kondisi sehat ya.

Kali ini saya mau membahas tentang yang kecil-kecil dulu. Salam.
Kalian pernah tidak sih diberi salam sama abang-abang ojek/ cowok-cowok/om-om di pinggir jalan ketika kalian sedang jalan kaki ? Jujur, saya sering sekali diberi salam sama yang saya sebutkan tadi. Namun, berhubung kecepatan berjalan kaki saya diatas normal, saya melaju saja dan menjawab salamnya didepan orang yg memberi salam beberapa langkah. Apakah itu salah? Bagaimana dengan orang-orang yang memberi salam tersebut hanya sekedar basa-basi untuk mendekati anda?
Bagaimana bila anda menjawab salam dengan suara kecil?
Hal-hal sekecil itu sebenarnya sudah ada di pikiran saya sejak dulu.

Saya search lewat google, dan saya menemukan "Adab-adab salam".

 Intinya, salam itu sunnah, namun jika kita diberi salam, kita Wajib membalas salam tersebut. (Menurut saya)

Bagaimana menurut kalian semua ?
Saya disini masih terus belajar dan membenahi iman saya.
Jadi tolong, kalau ada yang salah dengan apa yang saya tulis, harap koreksinya yaa :)

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wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuhu.