Saturday, September 30, 2006
I caught this syarahan the other day and being the month of Ramadhan, the topic was on the various stuff related to fasting.
The topic this time, is something I have strong opinions with and share the views of the ustaz
He mentioned that many Muslims, in Singapore, and mostly the teenagers, dont know the TRUE meaning of fasting and how they dont know what fasting is all aobut.
For example, most kids think that fasting, typically, is just about starving yourself from dawn to dusk, and for a step further, they think you have to fast to remember the poor, starving people, and its also the month where you pay zakat (sort of tax), which is given to poor people and to basically just do good. Now all the views are correct.
However, most people here limit their views of Ramadhan to just the list above. As such they change thier lifestyles just ABIT to suit the views.
But, BUT, many other things remain unchanged. Girls who calim they fast but dont make even half an attempt to cover themselves up, young, unmarried, boys and girls holding hands and being all lovey-dovey in public and this is clearly a sin. These are just a few among many other things that are done wrong among young Muslims here in Singapore...
A sad thing it is..
will YOU be my escape?
12:50:00 pm
