Beza Ramadhan Msia and Egypt

Assalamualaikum.

Alhamdulillah hari ni hari kedua berpuasa. Kalau kat Msia time2 ni dah buka dah, tgu nak pegi terawih. Tapi kat sini, time2 ni baru nak celik mata. Haha tapi aku dah lama celik la, dah petang kot.


Sepanjang 2 hari puasa ni, rasa dah nampak beza org Arab sambut Ramdhan ni. Tak payah cerita panjang2, let's get to the point :)


1) The first thing aku perasan. masa malam 1st Ramadhan aritu la. Aku nak kelua dgn kawan mlm tu, prepare utk Ramadhan la, nak beli kurma, stok2 makanan semua. Naik tahan teksi tak dapat2! Selalu sng je. Mlm tu mmg payah gila. Teksi xbanyak. kalau ade pun teksi tu penuh! Mmg serious aku cakap tak penah jadi la sblm ni. Nak pegi Metro je pun. 


Orang2 yang bawak teksi aku rasa ramai yang pergi terawih. Mmg meriah la masjid hari fes dah sampai keluar dah saf. Banding dgn Msia? Dah lama sgt tak pergi terawih fes day Ramadhan kat Msia. I mean masjid luar, dulu selalu kat sekolah je kan. Taktau macamne keadaan terawih mlm fes. So you tell me.


2) Second thing, sbb Subuh kat sini awal, pukul 3:30 pagi, so most of the people stay up sampai Subuh. Kire lepas Subuh baru tidur. So sepanjang malam tu, boleh dga la budak2 main2 kt bawah rumah. Meriah la. Didnt get chance to tangkap any gambar yet, sbb aku biasa la, pukul 12 tu mata dah terketar2 dah. Haha. Dorang pas Subuh baru tidur, kire kat Msia tidur dlu baru bgn utk sahur.


3) Third, kanak2 kat sni, fes Ramdhan dah main mercun. Dah macam raya dah. Orang2 kat sni skng dah pasang dah lampu liplap tu. Lampu yang kat Msia org pasang time raya. Ni mmg obvious la. Kat Msia we celebrate raya lagi meriah. But here, the people celebrate Ramadhan lagi meriah dari raya. Although aku tak pernah raya kat sni, but some friends told me that the fes day of raya dorang agak lame. Tak macam time Ramadhan. Dorang lagi muliakan Ramadhan dari Syawal. 


4) Fourth, the terawikh. Semalam was the first time I went for terawikh. Sblm ni xpena pergi, even last year, because.. I cant even remamber the reason. Forget about it. Yesterday I went to the masjid near my house, like 30 steps from my house gate. Sgt dekat I tell you. The masjid is fully air-cond which is niceeeee. Takde la panas sbb the Nisa' (perampuan) part was packed! Ramai makcik2 bawak anak masing2. 


Time solat tu, bacaan imam dia, mmg breath-taking. Dala mmg bacaan Arab yang merdu, then Imam tu menghayati bacann dia, several times I heard the Imam macam nak menangis. Mmg sedap gila I tell you, to pray here. Seriously! The last solat, witir 1 rakaat, the imam baca doa qunut something, I dont know, not the Subuh qunut. It was a lonnnnnnnnnnnggggg one. This time the Imam really cried and so did the makmum. Frankly speaking, I was nearly broke into tears too. It was too touching and terharu? Taktau la nak describe the feeling. I cant understand what kind of doa he was reciting, but I can tangkap some words like Libya, Iran.. I dont know maybe he was praying for the other Muslims safety.


I cant put into words how I felt last night. But what I know, I never had this kind of feeling while doing terawih in Msia. I dont know maybe it was because of the Imam or the surrounding. But it felt really............ I cant find any word to describe. 


Surely I will go for terawih again tonight! :)




I think that's all for now. Have a nice Ramadhan everyone! Tingkatkan amalan, kejar pahala berganda. And jangan lupa, amalan digandakan, kalau buat jahat, dosa kene ganda tau! A reminder for myself too. Take care! :)