Ramadhan is a holy month for us Muslims and this is the
time, most of us (if not all) will be doing our very best to surrender
ourselves to kindness, humbleness, patience and endurance and most of all to
God. Some, will practice all good deeds religiously, which is, of course, a
good thing. However, come end of Ramadhan, this will end too. Does this only
apply to Ramadhan and if so, what happens to the normal days of our life? Is
this all an act? Are we acting all holier-than-thou just because it’s the holy
month?
I’m not the most pious person out there, heck, I’m just a
humble servant of God who is not whole and is still searching for guidance to
lead this life to the right path. And I, a puny human being have no rights to
say my thoughts out loud on this matter. However, the existence of social media
has made us all the victim of being judgmental.
Even severe injury from a blade cannot compare to the pain
produce by the sharpness of these 10 fingers of ours and the verbal torture from
these lips. Other parts of the body move faster than the brain and the desire
to be known and to show-off the high level of idiocy intelligence is beyond how
much most of us can comprehend. Let’s walk through some scenarios that we sometimes
encounter during this month.
Let’s go back to the first day of this year’s fasting month,
where Pumpkin was involved in a self-accident while on the way back to our home
from work. He fell off his bike because the car in front of him stopped
abruptly. He didn’t hit the car but he fell on his own (yes, due to inertia).
The driver got out of the car, walked towards him and started spouting rude words,
telling him if he was stupid or if he was blind. What? Not even helping him up
from his falling position, words spilling out of his mouth was nonsense. And this guy, ladies and gentlemen, was
wearing a kopiah, on the first day of
Ramadhan. Probably on his way to break-fast and tarawih. What happened to compassion?
Next, the things people write on the
Internet/Facebook/Twitter during fasting month when it is a bothering factor to
them, are mostly mean stuff, but on a more subtle wave. (Myself included). What
is this patience and endurance we are talking about? Did we really “try” to practice
it just because it’s fasting month? Does that mean, we can revert back to being
mean AFTER Ramadhan?
The face you carry during this month is all glowing and full
of light. Once you see a spot of bother (e.g. a girl with short skirt who walks
in a Surau to pray), your mind automatically produce mean thoughts and you
start gossiping with your friends. “OMG, wearing that kind of outfit and then
praying? What was she thinking, not respecting the religion blablabla…” So, who
is standing at the wrong side now?
Again, I’m not the one to talk as I’m not perfect and in the
state of “under-construction”. But
people, really? What is Ramadhan to you?
I’ll observe myself after this and monitor all the
violations I have done to myself in Ramadhan.
Happy fasting people.
