Wednesday, July 29, 2009

HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI


All of muslim people will having this wonderful experience.The experience refer to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri on 1 syawal depend on Islamic calendar every year.Before they celebrate this holy day,they must fasting for one month because this is the fourth of Islam pillars.All of muslim are prohibited from drinking,eating,smoking and engaging sexual intercourse while fasting.Beside that,this ritual will guide us to be more disicipline and patient.
Time for having fasting are from the subuh till the maghrib.It only 12 hour.Some people think it is too long but,it is normal to muslim. For your information fasting only during the day.So , we as muslim have to woke up early in the morning to have breakfast(sahur) to ensure we are not fall sick during fasting.Some family will eat rice and some dishes.For me,I will took some dates(kurma) with plain water.It already enough for me to having fasting because dates rich of mineral and vitamins.The sahur will end 10 minutes before Subuh.When Subuh Azan start all of us cannot take any foods and drinks.During the day,some people will make some religious activity such as Solat Sunat , reading Holy Al-quran and Pray for our Prophet(Rasullah).All of this will nearest ourself to the Almighty(Allah). For your information”sahur” is a sunnah in muslim believer and is calculate as ibadah that mean who took the breakfast before fasting,they will blessing by The Almighty.



BAZAR RAMADAN

I think all of us know about Bazaar Ramadhan.For your known it a place where the muslim people will buy delicious drinks and foods.It was open at 3.00 p.m till the maghrib.The most popular food at the bazaar ramadhan is murtabak , roti boom , ayam golek and many more.And the most delicious and mostly marketable is laicikang , kathira and coconut water.All that kind of food and drinks will finish early.At there we can see some people with tired face and some people with happy face.But,we can see the children with happy face when reach the bazaar Ramadan because they can smell the good odour
The Malam Tujuh Likur lamp infront of my house
Seventh day before Ramadan end.The malay muslim people in our country are light up the kerosene lamp to welcome the angel because in our Holy Quran was state”the angel will get down to the earth on special day that we call “lailatul qadar”that’s mean The night of power and observe what we do in this 10 last day. According to Hadith, this night occurs during the last ten days of Ramadhan on one of the odd numbered nights. Usually it is celebrated on the 27th night of this holy month. It is a night of great importance and enormous blessings for Muslims.



'BAJU'S' AND BAJU KURUNG

On 1st syawal morning, the Malays wear their traditional dresses. Men put on the ‘baju’s’ and the women wear the ‘baju kurung’ and the ‘baju kebaya’. Other customary wear include the songket and the batik.

EID PRAYER


After thats, the Muslims go for an Eid prayer. This is done together by all the members and shows communal harmony. This also provides them the opportunity to meet each other and exchange Hari Raya festival pleasantries.

VISIT HER HUSBAND GRAVE


Generally, as soon as the prayers are finished, many muslims visit the graves of their beloved deceased, to pay their tributes. During this part, the graves are tidied and adorned with flowers, with recitals from the Holy Quran. This is done in order to obtain blessings from God for the deceased.
VISIT THE RELATIVES

The remainder of the day of the Hari Raya festival is a holiday, and is utilized for meeting up and calling on relatives and loved ones. Duit Raya is a nominal sum of money that children get from adults on this day. It being a very joyous occasion, children get some money along with the sweet delicacies.