The Ramadhan Diaries - Day 6

Ok, i'll be honest, i forgot to update this yesterday!

Hahah!

And i can't, for the life of me remember what i had for Sahur, but it could have been leftovers or bread...or just dates and water... i can't really recall.

But what i do recall is that today was the first Friday of the month. For those of you who don't know, Friday is the holiest day of the week for us Muslims. So every Friday, Muslims go to the Mosque to take part in the Friday prayers, and listen to the Friday sermons. Prayers start at around afternoon, when the Sun is directly above your head. Attendance is compulsory for guys and its optional for girls.

However here in Malaysia, culture has it such that somehow girls don't even go to the mosque on Fridays...hmmm..quite strange considering Muslim Women in other countries (Saudi, Thailand, etc..) do participate in Friday prayers.

Anyways, today's Friday Sermon was about Zakat. And paying it Up!

Zakat is a form of religious tax for Muslims only. It is a religious obligation for us to pay up zakat to the proper authorities. The authorities then will use the Zakat money to support the poor and the needy in our community. I can't seem to remember though what the going rates for Zakat are lately...:p. But i do know that once upon a time, people used to pay Zakat in the form of Bags of rice.... now they just pay money.

I didn't attend Tarawih as i had classes (AGAIN!) at night.

Needless to say i was quite whacked after class