Welcome ramadhan

Written By : Astri Cullen

Almost 25 years I have been feeling the beautiful Ramadhan. This is the month that I am waiting for every year. Even all Muslims in the world are waiting for this special month. All Muslims do the charity and good deeds. Nevertheless, we are supposed to do good things or be good persons not only in this month but also in the other months. Yet, I think people will agree with me that there are so many special things in Ramadhan which are too valuable to miss.
When I was a kid, I knew that Ramadhan was a special month for Muslims, but I did not know that it was so special. I just knew Ramadhan was the month when Muslims fast, have a holiday, and play with my friends. I even did not know what was the truly meaning of Ramadhan. All I needed to know about fasting was just not eating and drinking from dawn until dusk. That’s all.

More over, there are a lot of mischiefs that I did in my childhood during the fasting month. As a child, just like the average, it was so hard for me not to have a meal from dawn until dusk. Sometimes I said to my mother that I was fasting but in fact I was not. I used to take some beverages from the refrigerator and drank out of my mother watch. Oh, how silly I was at that time. Yet, I did not know that was a sin.

We could not hide a mistake forever. There was one moment when my mother unexpectedly ran into me as I was drinking syrup. My mother was so angry and told me that I did not have to fast anymore. I could drink and eat as much as I want. No more fasting. She said that she never wanted again to wake me up for having the meal together before dawn and it was horrible.

Later, even though my mother did not wake me up for having the meal before dawn, I still fast without eating anything. You can imagine how weak I was at that time. And the worst, my mother did not allow me to go out of home because she knew I would buy something to eat. I did not know why my mother was so angry, I was just a kid! Eventually, I got the answer a few years later.

Now, I understand why my mother got angry when she knew her daughter did not fast. Doing fast is one of the important devotion as a Muslim. It is done not only because we are afraid of our parents or we feel ashamed that our friends are fasting and we are not, but it is the way to show our devotion and obedience to Allah SWT. There are so many things that we can learn by fasting. We will have more respect to each other, share the thing that we have to the poorer, and the most important thing is the way to get closer to Allah. There are a great number of rewards we can achieve in this month. All of our hopes will be granted as long as we do the good deeds. and also, we will get bonus received on the Ied Mubarok day. Oh, I wish all months were Ramadhan…