fasting month

what happen to this blogspot? whenever i want to create a new post ja, the column edit HTML yg kuar, and it's loading for hours..penat menekan compose byk2 kali, ni baru bleh..haih..nevermind..

anyway, today im going to talk about the real meaning of fasting...it's because i think i kinda get the wrong notion bout its reason...it so happened that at the beginning of Ramadan i was so excited nk buat biskut raya...but then, my mom said, don't do it yet, hayati dulu bulan puasa, the main reason why we fast is not for the sake of celebrating the Eid, it's to teach us to be grateful and do as much ibadah as possible..terkedu sebentar bila dengar my mom ckp cmtu..malu dan segan sgt rs..ya la, blajar tinggi2, tp basic agama cmni pn tak tahu.. T_T

so, i did some readings to remind me on what i've learned during high school about fasting..and it proved that my mom was right *of course la kan, huhu*..

The month of Ramadan is a time in which we hold our bodily compulsions and instincts under strict control, together with our thoughts and our mental states, our moods and desires. We submit ourselves (our nafs) and our accustomed patterns of life to a higher template, one that fosters a regimen of self-restraint within the body and mind and correspondingly seeks an intensification of the life of the spirit. The body is ordered to fast from what it needs, from what is normally allowed to it, from what it desires, from what it craves, from what it may seek on a whim, and from what it habitually seeks - from all that leads to an intensification of the activities of the nafs. By fasting, a person keeps himself from the pleasures of life, with no preventive or hindering factor, except that of obeying God and showing genuine devotion to His commands. 
(source: here and here)

There, i bet most of us has misinterpreted the real meaning of this fasting month, kan...we are so excited preparing cookies and dishes to celebrate the Eid ul-Fitr..it doesn't count the preparation for the attire lagi...kalut (sibuk) nk bli kasut la, tudung la, nk bg matching dgn baju raya, kan...so much for keeping ourselves from the pleasures of life..astagfirullah hal 'azim..it's not wrong to prepare everything early, but it becomes wrong when our focus is more on celebrating the Eid rather than to fully embrace the real meaning of fasting month...God bless those people who go for terawih every night for the sake of showing genuine devotion to Allah in this fasting month (ya la, bln lain mana ada terawih,kn) ...hence people, let's check on ourselves whether we really focus on savouring this fasting month or we merely focus on celebrating the Eid...

Renung - renungkan, dan selamat beramal...