Menggapai Lailatul Qadar

<span style="font-size: 180%;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiKJjSDe8oQ1KNplVnu0T21G8MbUbcZjvivF0a5-ZfCcSgko2o7TqzriE-4cYlgr4ks4EzvB144tebVFDXnlW3fzKpIKtEspIz0agB2UpHnSC39Mf_1Z6EGlKBNHcv5Wlw4itU9N4VrU/s1600/al-qadr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="620" height="auto" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiKJjSDe8oQ1KNplVnu0T21G8MbUbcZjvivF0a5-ZfCcSgko2o7TqzriE-4cYlgr4ks4EzvB144tebVFDXnlW3fzKpIKtEspIz0agB2UpHnSC39Mf_1Z6EGlKBNHcv5Wlw4itU9N4VrU/s640/al-qadr.jpg" width="760" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgPViZx0lYlTRaDyVepePIJ4X7m6epfqfWaLNk9wTSfJbt-7V-1EyL9GDrcrFXZ4G_-88CnD7-Ntz9wRjfm52y1Dp-xz906B3bEWXoljnrFghnqVf2OxB55POSlMVz-H6aX3tYOvpohA/s1600/basmallah+pembuka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="50" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgPViZx0lYlTRaDyVepePIJ4X7m6epfqfWaLNk9wTSfJbt-7V-1EyL9GDrcrFXZ4G_-88CnD7-Ntz9wRjfm52y1Dp-xz906B3bEWXoljnrFghnqVf2OxB55POSlMVz-H6aX3tYOvpohA/s1600/basmallah+pembuka.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>MENGGAPAI LAILATUL QADR</b></span></div><br />Di dalam sepuluh hari terakhir bulan Ramadhan terdapat Lailatul Qadr yaitu suatu malam yang dimuliakan oleh Allah dari malam-malam lainnya. Pada malam itu Allah memberikan keutamaan dan kebaikan yang teramat banyak kepada ummat Islam.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Allah SWT pun telah menjelaskan tentang malam itu di dalam firman-Nya:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>حم وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِإِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَأَمْراً مِّنْ عِندِنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَرَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُرَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Haa Miim. Demi Kitab (al-Qur'an) yang menjelaskan. Sesungguhnya Kami menurunkannya pada suatu malam yang diberkahi dan sesungguhnya Kami-lah yang memberi peringatan.. Pada malam itu dijelaskan segala urusan yang penuh hikmah, (yaitu) urusan yang besar dari sisi Kami.Sesungguhnya Kami adalah yang mengutus rasul-rasul, sebagai rahmat dari Rabbmu.Sesungguhnya Dialah Yang Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Mengetahui, Rabb Yang memelihara langit dan bumi dan apa yang ada di antara keduanya, jika kamu adalah orang yang menyakini. Tidak ada ilah (yang berhak disembah) melainkan Dia, Yang menghidupkan dan Yang mematikan.(Dialah) Rabbmu dan Rabb bapak-bapakmu yang terdahulu¡¨ (QS. ad-Dukhan [44] :1-8)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala telah menyifati malam itu dengan "mubarakah" (yang diberkahi) karena banyaknya kebaikan, berkah dan keutamaannya. Di antara berkah itu adalah bahwa al-Qur'an diturunkan pada malam Lailatul Qadr ini. Allah SWT juga menyebutkan bahwa malam itu adalah malam yang di dalamnya dijelaskan segala urusan yang penuh hikmah. Allah SWT memerinci di dalam Lauhul Mahfudz agar ditulis para malaikat penulis berbagai hal yang ditetapkan Allah SWT sepanjang tahun, baik berupa rizki, ajal, kebaikan, keburukan dengan penuh hikmah dengan sangat jelas dan teliti, tanpa ada kekeliruan, kebodohan dan kebatilan. Demikianlah ketetapan Dzat Yang Maha Perkasa lagi Maha Bijaksana. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala juga telah berfirman:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِإِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍسَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan nya (al-Qur'an) pada malam kemuliaan. Dan tahukah kamu apakah malam kemuliaan itu? Malam kemuliaan itu lebih baik dari seribu bulan. Pada malam itu turun malaikat-malaikat dan malaikat Jibril dengan izin Rabbnya untuk mengatur segala urusan. Malam itu (penuh) kesejahteraan sampai terbit fajar." (QS. al-Qadr [97]:1-5)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Al Qadr artinya asy-Syarfu wat Ta'dzim (mulia dan agung) dan juga memiliki arti at-Taqdir wal Qadla' (ketetapan dan keputusan). Disebut demikian karena malam itu merupakan malam yang mulia dan agung yang pada malam tersebut Allah menetapkan berbagai perkara penuh hikmah yang terjadi sepanjang tahun. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Berdasarkan ayat, "hatta mathla'i'l fajr¡¨ maka batas lailatul qadr adalah jika telah terbit Fajar (Shubuh) yang menandakan selesainya berbagai aktivitas ibadah malam hari. Adapun keutamaan Laitul Qadr berdasarkan surat al-Qadr ini adalah sebagai berikut:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bahwasanya Allah menurunkan al-Qur'an pada malam tersebut, yang dengan al-Qur'an itu manusia dapat mengambil petunjuk untuk menggapai kebahagiaan di dunia dan di akhirat. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dalam firman Allah yang berupa pertanyaan, "Dan tahukah kamu apakah malam kemuliaan itu? Menunjukkan kebesaran dan keagungan malam tersebut. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bahwa malam itu lebih baik daripada seribu bulan dalam hal kemuliaan dan keutamaannya. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pada malam itu para malaikat turun, dan tidaklah malaikat turun kecuali dengan membawa kebaikan, berkah dan rahmat. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Malam itu penuh dengan keselamatan karena banyak orang yang diselamatkan oleh Allah dari siksa dan adzab disebabkan mereka melakukan berbagai macam ketaatan kepada Allah di malam itu. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bahwa pada malam itu Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala menurunkan satu surat yang senantiasa dibaca hingga hari kiamat. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ada pun keutamaan Lailatul Qadr berdasarkan hadits Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam adalah seperti yang diriwayatkan Imam al-Bukhari dan Muslim dari Abu Hurairah zbahwa Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam bersabda,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Barang siapa shalat malam pada malam lailatul qadr karena iman dan mengharap pahala (ihtisab) maka diampuni dosa-dosanya yang telah lalu." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yang dimaksud dengan iman di sini adalah percaya kepada Allah SWT dan kepada apa yang disediakan Allah berupa pahala bagi siapa saja yang menghidupkan malam itu, sedang ihtisab memiliki arti mengharapkan pahala dan balasan. Keutamaan ini akan didapatkan oleh siapa saja, baik yang mengetahui bahwa malam itu adalah Lailatul Qadr atau yang tidak mengetahuinya, karena Rasulullah Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam tidak mensyaratkan bahwa yang mendapatkan pahala harus orang yang tahu Lailatul Qadr ini.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>LAILATUL QADR </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>HANYA ADA PADA BULAN RAMADHAN</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lailatul Qadr terjadi pada bulan Ramadhan, karena Allah SWT menurunkan al-Qur'an pada malam itu. Sedangkan Allah telah menjelaskan bahwa turunnya al-Qur'an adalah pada bulan Ramadhan. Allah berfirman:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِإِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkannya (al-Qur'an) pada malam kemuliaan." (QS. al-Qadr [97]:1)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dalam firman-Nya yang lain disebutkan:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدَى وَالْفُرْقَانِ</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"(Beberapa hari yang ditentukan itu ialah) bulan Ramadhan, bulan yang di dalamnya diturunkan (permulaan) al-Qur'an. sebagai petunjuk bagi manusia dan penjelasan-penjelasan mengenai petunjuk itu dan pembeda (antara yang hak dan yang bathil).¨ (QS. al-Baqarah [2]:185)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">Berdasarkan ayat ini maka jelas sekali bahwa Lailatul Qadr itu terjadi pada bulan Ramadhan, dan ia terus ada pada ummat ini hingga hari Kiamat berdasarkan hadits riwayat imam Ahmad dan an-Nasa'i dari Abu Dzar dia berkata, "Wahai Rasulullah, beritahukanlah kepadaku tentang Lailatul Qadr, apakah dia itu di bulan Ramadhan atau lainnya? Maka Nabi SAW menjawab, "Dia ada di bulan Ramadhan." Abu Dzar zberkata, "Dia ada bersama para nabi selagi mereka masih hidup, maka apabila para nabi meninggal apakah Lailatul Qadr itu diangkat atau tetap ada hingga hari Kiamat? Rasulullah Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam bersabda, "Dia tetap ada hingga hari Kiamat."</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Akan tetapi besarnya keutamaan dan pahala secara khusus bagi ummat ini hanya Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala yang mengetahui nya, sebagaimana ummat ini juga telah dikhusukan dengan hari Jum'at dari hari-hari lainnya dengan berbagai keutamaan -walillahil hamd-</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Lailatul Qadr di Sepuluh Akhir Ramadhan</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lailatul Qadr ada pada sepuluh akhir Ramadhan, berdasarkan sabda Nabi saw, "Carilah Lailatul Qadr di sepuluh malam akhir pada bulan Ramadhan." (Muttafaq ¡¥alaih)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dan kemungkinan terjadi pada malam-malam yang ganjil lebih besar daripada malam-malam yang genap, berdasarkan sabda Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Carilah lailatul qadr itu pada malam yang ganjil pada sepuluh akhir dari bulan Ramadhan." (HR. al-Bukhari)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dan lebih mendekati lagi adalah pada tujuh malam terakhir berdasarkan hadits dari Ibnu Umarzbahwa beberapa orang shahabat Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam bermimpi melihat Lailatul Qadr terjadi pada tujuh malam terakhir bulan Ramadhan. Maka Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam bersabda, "Aku melihat bahwa mimpi kalian adalah benar pada tujuh malam terkahir. Maka barang siapa mencarinya maka hendaknya dia mencari pada tujuh malam terakhir." (Muttafaq alaih). Dan dalam riwayat Muslim Nabi bersabda, "Carilah ia pada sepuluh malam terakhir, jika salah seorang dari kalian merasa lelah atau lemah maka jangan sampai terlewatkan pada tujuh malam yang tersisa."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dan di antara tujuh malam terakhir yang paling mendekati adalah pada malam ke dua puluh tujuh. Ini berdasarkan hadits Ubay bin Ka'ab dia berkata, "Demi Allah sungguh aku mengetahui mana malam yang pada malam itu kita semua diperintahkan oleh Rasulullah Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam untuk melakukan shalat malam, yaitu malam dua puluh tujuh." (HR Muslim).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lailatul Qadr tidak terjadi pada malam tertentu secara khusus dalam setiap tahunnya, namun berubah-ubah atau berpindah-pindah. Mungkin pada suatu tahun terjadi pada malam dua puluh tujuh dan pada tahun yang lain terjadi pada malam dua puluh lima, dan demikian seterusnya sesuai dengan kehendak Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala dan hikmah-Nya. Ini ditunjukkan dalam sebuah sabda Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam, "Carilah ia pada sembilan terakhir, atau tujuh terakhir, atau lima terakhir." (HR. al-Bukhari).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Disebutkan di dalam kitab Fathul Bari bahwa malam itu terjadi pada malam yang ganjil pada sepuluh hari terkahir Ramadhan, dan bahwasanya dia berpindah pindah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Hikmah Dirahasiakannya Lailatul Qadr</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq">Allah Subhannahu wa Ta'ala merahasiakan kapan terjadinya lailatul qadr kepada hamba-hamba-Nya tidak lain adalah sebagai rahmat bagi mereka agar mereka banyak-banyak mengerjakan amal kebaikan dalam rangka mencari malam itu. Yaitu dengan banyak melakukan shalat, dzikir, do'a dan lain-lain sehingga terus bertambah kedekatan nya kepada Allah , dan bertambah pula pahala mereka. Allah juga merahasiakan itu sebagai ujian agar diketahui siapakah yang sungguh- sungguh di dalam mencarinya dan siapa yang bermalas-malasan dan meremehkannya. Karena orang yang berkeinginan mendapatkan sesuatu maka dia pasti akan bersungguh- sungguh untuk memperolehya, tanpa mempedulikan rasa letih dalam rangka menempuh jalan untuk mencapainya.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hanya saja di antara tanda-tanda yang sempat terlihat pada masa Nabi Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam adalah bahwasanya beliau bersujud di waktu Shubuh di atas tanah yang basah oleh air, artinya bahwa pada malam itu turun hujan sehingga beliau sujud di atas tanah yang berair.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lailatul Qadr adalah malam dibukanya seluruh pintu kebaikan, didekatkannya para kekasih Allah, didengarkannya permohonan dan dijawabnya doa. Amal kebaikan pada malam itu ditulis dengan pahala sebesar besarnya, malam yang lebih baik daripada seribu bulan. Maka hendaknya kita berusaha untuk menggapainya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sumber: Majalis Syahr Ramadhan, hal 104-107, Syaikh Muhammad bin Shalih al-Utsaimin rahimahullah (Ibnu Djawari)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;display:none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIW17UQ8rzosz7ZVtCpkvPrAwDMdgDVJ4oP5GzuxAmk0rGEgmvxlFavuVRBA2IAJKUuS1mWXQpT3O2vKAIJCTlWTJx1azgHD5h7hPGPsok4cSx51yGggcVv4S0Z0N2EhxmXJf912SmXr4p2Vajf0RVXXP2o3owKmOQoQFITcQaeTYXGyhQpejv7BwY=w1005-rw" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIW17UQ8rzosz7ZVtCpkvPrAwDMdgDVJ4oP5GzuxAmk0rGEgmvxlFavuVRBA2IAJKUuS1mWXQpT3O2vKAIJCTlWTJx1azgHD5h7hPGPsok4cSx51yGggcVv4S0Z0N2EhxmXJf912SmXr4p2Vajf0RVXXP2o3owKmOQoQFITcQaeTYXGyhQpejv7BwY=w1005-rw"/></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF-Rid_E-pRrvV4ABnAtXe3JNQE2KkLJn0AuOGdiq3Mlzx6SZ0XYCEVeuv7RByUROlzdfAQVtka5txhaTIrqViai_pLd1Lt-As4tAXcH5iVwI14PzsT91pQa94BblwJSGH36g7NKt2xZYrfQfqWP-PEa338AC9xhe5cXa9ECG3udHVRe0m920dA9dK=w1005-rw" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF-Rid_E-pRrvV4ABnAtXe3JNQE2KkLJn0AuOGdiq3Mlzx6SZ0XYCEVeuv7RByUROlzdfAQVtka5txhaTIrqViai_pLd1Lt-As4tAXcH5iVwI14PzsT91pQa94BblwJSGH36g7NKt2xZYrfQfqWP-PEa338AC9xhe5cXa9ECG3udHVRe0m920dA9dK=w1005-rw"/></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan penuh berkah, musim berbagai macam ibadah seperti puasa, shalat, membaca Al-Qur'an, bersedekah, berbuat baik, dzikir, do'a, istighfar, memohon Surga, berlindung dari masuk Neraka serta macam-macam ibadah dan amal kebajikan lainnya. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Orang yang beruntung adalah yang menjaga setiap detik waktunya, baik di siang atau malam hari untuk berbagai amal perbuatan yang menjadikannya berbahagia serta lebih dekat kepada Allah, sesuai dengan yang diperintahkan, tanpa menambah atau mengurangi. Karena itu, setiap muslim wajib belajar tentang hukum-hukum puasa. </div> <div style="background-color: #4c66a4; color: white; font-family: oswald; font-size: 14px; height: 32px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; position: relative; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 1px 1px 1px; text-transform: uppercase; width: 100%;"> <span style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(76, 102, 164); color: white; height: 32px; margin: 0px 10px 0px -10px; padding: 5px 15px; width: 100%;">Seputar Fiqh Ibadah Pada Bulan Ramadhan</span></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/posts/default/-/Paket Ramadhan?published&alt=json-in-script&max-results=999&&callback=labelthumbs"></script><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpVFobTRtFVvfRcxJWZqt_ZpMCL5FdWO9FQlFM43gXeO78pz5AIODXe3xTzSW9C1FwQAOGcgY_ET3np0ecZsZeB4euTiAFrmsLTlb1XQ6dxT68DY6xdoLc1QHRD5T5wK_ZFO5b5GuzN4/s0/paket+kurma.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 0em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpVFobTRtFVvfRcxJWZqt_ZpMCL5FdWO9FQlFM43gXeO78pz5AIODXe3xTzSW9C1FwQAOGcgY_ET3np0ecZsZeB4euTiAFrmsLTlb1XQ6dxT68DY6xdoLc1QHRD5T5wK_ZFO5b5GuzN4/s0/paket+kurma.jpg" /></a></div> </div> <div style="clear:both"/>

Seputar Fiqh Ibadah Pada Bulan Ramadhan

Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan penuh berkah, musim berbagai macam ibadah seperti puasa, shalat, membaca Al-Qur'an, bersedekah, berbuat ...

Seputar Fiqh Ibadah Pada Bulan Ramadhan

Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan penuh berkah, musim berbagai macam ibadah seperti puasa, shalat, membaca Al-Qur'an, bersedekah, berbuat ...

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RAMADHAN, NINE QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM HOLY MONTH YOU WERE TOO EMBARRASED TO ASK

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhub9Uhto7PoJtjVQaXCU1JZc5XSEGOPcljCzSkOQQt3RVDnAW4kXX01EFqD-3G5yV-9LMdpToOeV6Vho9p7kkUKI4OqHUolyj0JNYvJNNvtnMdzqWjzXqREYQ5YcjeChohfU8PKMUvIXg/s1600/ramadan.0.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="AUTO" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhub9Uhto7PoJtjVQaXCU1JZc5XSEGOPcljCzSkOQQt3RVDnAW4kXX01EFqD-3G5yV-9LMdpToOeV6Vho9p7kkUKI4OqHUolyj0JNYvJNNvtnMdzqWjzXqREYQ5YcjeChohfU8PKMUvIXg/s640/ramadan.0.0.jpg" width="740" /></a></div><br /><br /><figure class="e-image e-image--hero" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Palestinians take part in a prayer called Taraweeh on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City, on June 17, 2015.</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images</cite></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><div class="c-entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts Friday evening, and most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims will be observing. This means there's a good chance you might encounter someone — a friend, a co-worker, the barista making your latte at Starbucks, your child's teacher — who is celebrating Ramadan.</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__mobile_leaderboard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="dfp_ad" data-cb-ad-id="Mobile leaderboard" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=mobile_leaderboard" id="div-gpt-ad-mobile_leaderboard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">But what is Ramadan, exactly? And how can I make sure I don't accidentally offend my Muslim friends and acquaintances during Ramadan?</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">We've got you covered: Here are the most basic answers to the most basic questions about Ramadan.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) What is Ramadan actually about?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year for Muslims — the Prophet Mohammed <a href="http://sunnah.com/bukhari/30/9" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">reportedly said</a>, "When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained."</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__mobile_article_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="dfp_ad" data-cb-ad-id="Mobile article body" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=mobile_article_body" id="div-gpt-ad-mobile_article_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Muslims believe it was during this month that God revealed the first verses of the Quran, Islam's sacred text, to Mohammed, on a night known as "The Night of Power" (or Laylat al-Qadr in Arabic).</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__desktop_article_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="dfp_ad" data-cb-ad-id="Desktop article body" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=desktop_article_body" id="div-gpt-ad-desktop_article_body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div class="chorus-snippet s-related" data-analytics-action="link:related" data-analytics-category="article" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 32px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726px;"><span class="s-related__title" style="border-right: 2px solid rgb(224 , 222 , 223); box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; font-family: "harrietdisplayblack" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 32px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: middle; width: 80px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">RELATED</span></span><a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/5/11/11655832/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-muslim-ban" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px 0px 16px 16px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: middle; width: 477.594px;" target="new">London's new Muslim mayor has the perfect response to Trump making an "exception" for him</a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">During the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims fast every day from dawn to sunset. It is meant to be a time of spiritual discipline — of deep contemplation of one's relationship with God, extra prayer, increased charity and generosity, and intense study of the Quran.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">But if that makes it sound super serious and boring, it's really not. It's a time of celebration and joy, to be spent with loved ones. At the end of Ramadan there is a big three-day celebration called Eid al-Fitr,<em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"> </em>or "the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast." It's kind of like the Muslim version of Christmas, in the sense that it's a religious holiday where everyone comes together for big meals with family and friends, exchanges presents, and generally has a lovely time.</div><figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__image " data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6599721/presents.0.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><img alt="" class="c-dynamic-image lazy-image lazy-loaded" data-cdata="{"asset_id":6599721,"ratio":"*"}" data-chorus-optimize-field="main_image" data-cid="site/dynamic_size_image-1495861770_1106_6812" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/OAY4JO26b5ymG_ZMZNgM2S8OJWE=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6599721/presents.0.jpg" style="background-position: 50% center; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Eid presents!!!</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images</cite></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Despite the hardship of fasting for a whole month, most Muslims (myself included) actually look forward to Ramadan and are a little sad when it's over. There's just something really special about knowing that tens of millions of your fellow Muslims around the world are experiencing the same hunger pangs, dry mouth, and dizzy spells that you are, and that we're all in it together.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) How does fasting work?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars — or duties — of Islam, along with the testimony of faith, prayer, charitable giving, and making pilgrimage to Mecca. All Muslims are required to take part every year, though there are special dispensations for those who are ill, pregnant or nursing, menstruating, or traveling, and for young children and the elderly.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The practice of fasting serves several spiritual and social purposes: to remind you of your human frailty and your dependence on God for sustenance, to show you what it feels like to be hungry and thirsty so you feel compassion for (and a duty to help) the poor and needy, and to reduce the distractions in life so you can more clearly focus on your relationship with God.</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="vox_ad_dynamic_slot dfp_ad" data-vox-ad-browser-width="0,600" data-vox-ad-hold-size="300,250" data-vox-ad-sizes="[[300,250]]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating any food, drinking any liquids, smoking cigarettes, and engaging in any sexual activity, from dawn to sunset. That includes taking medication (even if you swallow a pill dry, without drinking any water). Chewing gum is also prohibited (though I didn't find that one out until about halfway through my first Ramadan after converting — oops).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Doing any of those things "invalidates" your fast for the day, and you just start over the next day. To make up for days you didn't fast, you can either fast later in the year (either all at once or a day here and there) or provide a meal to a needy person for each day you missed.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Muslims are also supposed to try to curb negative thoughts and emotions like jealousy and anger, and even lesser things like swearing, complaining, and gossiping, during the month. Some people may also choose to give up or limit activities like listening to music and watching television, often in favor of listening to recitations of the Quran.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) What is a typical day like during Ramadan?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">During Ramadan, Muslims wake up well before dawn to eat the first meal of the day, which has to last until sunset. This means eating lots of high-protein foods and drinking as much water as possible right up until dawn, after which you can't eat or drink anything. At dawn, we perform the morning prayer. Since it's usually still pretty early, many go back to sleep for a bit before waking up again to get ready for the day (I certainly do).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Muslims are not supposed to avoid work or school or any other normal duties during the day just because we are fasting. In many Muslim countries, however, businesses and schools may <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/uae/uae-school-hours-will-be-reduced-during-ramadan" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">reduce their hours</a> during the day or close entirely. For the most part, though, Muslims go about their daily business as we normally would, despite not being able to eat or drink anything the whole day.</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="vox_ad_dynamic_slot dfp_ad" data-vox-ad-browser-width="0,600" data-vox-ad-hold-size="300,250" data-vox-ad-sizes="[[300,250]]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">When the evening call to prayer is <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">finally</em> made (or when the alarm on your phone's Muslim prayer app goes off), we break the day's fast with a light meal — really more of a snack — called an iftar<em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"> </em>(literally "breakfast"), before performing the evening prayer. Many also go to the mosque for the evening prayer, followed by a special prayer that is only recited during Ramadan.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">This is usually followed by a larger meal a bit later in the evening, which is often shared with family and friends in one another's homes throughout the month. Then it's off to bed for a few hours of sleep before it's time to wake up and start all over again.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">(Note: There are good reasons for only having a small snack to break your fast before performing the evening prayer and then eating a bigger meal later. Muslim prayers involve a lot of movement — bending over, prostrating on the ground, standing up, etc. Doing all that physical activity on a full stomach after not having eaten for 15 hours is a recipe for disaster. Just trust me on this one.)</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">4) So do you lose weight during Ramadan?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Some of you may be thinking, "Wow, that sounds like a great way to lose weight! I'm going to try it!" But in fact, Ramadan is actually notorious for often causing weight <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">gain</em>. That's because eating large meals super early in the morning and late at night with a long period of low activity bordering on lethargy in between can wreak havoc on your metabolism.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">But if you're careful, you can avoid putting on weight, and you may actually lose a few pounds. One <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23182306" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">meta-analysis</a> of scientific studies on the effects of Ramadan fasting on body weight found that "[w]eight changes during Ramadan were relatively small and mostly reversed after Ramadan, gradually returning to pre-Ramadan status. Ramadan provides an opportunity to lose weight, but <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">structured and consistent lifestyle modifications are necessary to achieve lasting weight loss</em>." [Italics mine.]</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="vox_ad_dynamic_slot dfp_ad" data-vox-ad-browser-width="0,600" data-vox-ad-hold-size="300,250" data-vox-ad-sizes="[[300,250]]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">So just like with any other extreme diet plan, you may lose a few pounds, but unless you actually make "structured and consistent lifestyle modifications," you're probably not going to see major, lasting results.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">5) Why do the dates of Ramadan change every year?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">For religious matters, Muslims follow a lunar calendar — that is, one based on the phases of the moon — whose 12 months add up to approximately 354 days. That's 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the standard Gregorian calendar. Therefore, the Islamic lunar calendar moves backward approximately 11 days each year in relation to the regular Gregorian calendar.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">So that means that the first day of the month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, moves backward by about 11 days each year.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">This has a large impact on how people experience Ramadan from year to year. When Ramadan falls in the winter, it's much easier to fast: the days are shorter, which means you don't have to fast as long, and it's colder out, so not being able to drink water all day isn't as big of a deal, because you're not sweating as much.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Conversely, when Ramadan falls in the summer (as it has every year since I converted, because <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">of course</em>), fasting can be brutal. In many Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa, summer temperatures can <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/16/in-iraq-searing-ramadan-temperatures-prompt-holiday-for-some-while-others-brave.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">reach levels</a> usually reserved for <a href="https://weather.com/news/news/iraq-iran-heat-middle-east-125-degrees" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">the deepest bowels of hell</a>.</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="vox_ad_dynamic_slot dfp_ad" data-vox-ad-browser-width="0,600" data-vox-ad-hold-size="300,250" data-vox-ad-sizes="[[300,250]]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">And in some northern European countries such as Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (where, yes, there are Muslims), fasting can last an average of <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/art-and-culture/2015/06/13/How-long-is-the-world-fasting-this-Ramadan-A-country-rundown-.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">20 hours or more</a></em> in the summer. (And in a few places above the Arctic Circle, the sun never actually sets in the summer. In these cases, <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/how-to-fast-for-ramadan-in-the-arctic-where-the-sun-doesnt-set/277834/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Muslim religious authorities have decreed</a> that Muslims can either fast along with the closest Muslim country or fast along with Mecca, Saudi Arabia.)</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">6) Okay, but why is there always confusion every year about exactly what day Ramadan starts on?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">There's a reason "Ramadan start date" is one of the most-searched phrases right now. That's because Muslims around the world do not know when exactly Ramadan is actually supposed to start. If you Google it, you'll see there's a little disclaimer under Google's answer that says "Dates may vary":</div><br /><figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__image " data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6595091/ramadan%20start%20date.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><img alt="" class="c-dynamic-image lazy-image lazy-loaded" data-cdata="{"asset_id":6595091,"ratio":"*"}" data-chorus-optimize-field="main_image" data-cid="site/dynamic_size_image-1495861770_1622_6813" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yE9wxXBj_ijI7dciZ9s96hpV-UU=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6595091/ramadan%20start%20date.png" style="background-position: 50% center; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">"Dates may vary." Thanks, that's super helpful.</figcaption></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">That also has to do with the moon — as well as disagreements about science, history, and tradition, plus a bit of geopolitical rivalry.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The beginning of each new month in the Islamic calendar starts on the new moon. Which means the month of Ramadan starts on the new moon. Simple enough, right?</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Wrong.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">If it's been a while since your high school astronomy class, here's a reminder of what the phases of the moon look like:</div><br /><figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__image " data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593073/moon_phases_uppergraphic.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><img alt="" class="c-dynamic-image lazy-image lazy-loaded" data-cdata="{"asset_id":6593073,"ratio":"*"}" data-chorus-optimize-field="main_image" data-cid="site/dynamic_size_image-1495861770_9575_6814" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5BCp1IG37W90lmvKXkkYqJW8xzY=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593073/moon_phases_uppergraphic.jpg" style="background-position: 50% center; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Pictured: the source of much consternation and hilarity every single Ramadan.</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="http://griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/hallofthesky_moonphases.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Griffith Observatory</a></cite></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Back in Mohammed's day, in sixth-century Arabia, astronomical calculations weren't as precise as they are today, so people went by what they could see with the naked eye.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Since the new moon isn't actually super visible in the night sky (as you can see above), Muslims traditionally waited to start fasting until the small sliver of crescent moon became visible. There's even <a href="http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/031.sbt.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">a saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed</a> about waiting to start the fast until you see the crescent. (Some people think this is why the star and crescent is the symbol of Islam, but the crescent was used as a symbol long before Islam.)</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">This method was a bit messy, though, since things like clouds or just the difficulty of spotting the moon in some locations often led to different groups starting their fast on separate days, even within the same country. Each community, village, or even mosque within the village might send its own guy out to look for the crescent, with rival groups arguing over whether the other guy really saw it or not.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Today, however, we have precise scientific calculations that tell us exactly when the new moon begins, and we don't need to wait until someone spots a tiny crescent in the sky. (In fact, according to the <a href="http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e845?_hi=10&_pos=1" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Oxford Dictionary of Islam</a>, "The need to determine the precise appearance of the hilal [crescent moon] was one of the inducements for Muslim scholars to study astronomy.")</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">So, problem solved! Except that some Muslim scholars believe we should still wait until the slight crescent moon is visible in the night sky, because that's what Mohammed said to do and that's the way we've always done it.</div><div class="m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="vox_ad_dynamic_slot dfp_ad" data-vox-ad-browser-width="0,600" data-vox-ad-hold-size="300,250" data-vox-ad-sizes="[[300,250]]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="http://www.islamicity.org/2719/moon-sighting-vs-moon-fighting/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Others argue</a> that Islam has a strong tradition of reason, knowledge, and science, and that if Mohammed were around today he'd choose the more precise scientific calculations over sending the guy at the mosque with the best eyesight outside to squint at the night sky.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">To make things even more fun, some argue that the whole world should just follow the official moon-sighting decrees of Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and the location of its holiest sites. But not everyone thinks that's such a swell idea — especially rival countries like Pakistan and Iran, which balk at the idea of treating Saudi Arabia as the ultimate authority on anything having to do with Islam.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">All this means that each year Muslims around the world get to experience the delightful lunacy of "moon-sighting fighting." Indeed, it's such a familiar feature of Ramadan that there are memes about it:</div><br /><figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__image " data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593197/Brace%20Yourselves%20meme.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><img alt="" class="c-dynamic-image lazy-image lazy-loaded" data-cdata="{"asset_id":6593197,"ratio":"*"}" data-chorus-optimize-field="main_image" data-cid="site/dynamic_size_image-1495861770_5184_6815" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/zK_tEwB7nokNcImpUJe_cRYy_44=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593197/Brace%20Yourselves%20meme.jpg" style="background-position: 50% center; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Yes, Muslims use this meme too. There's really no escaping it.</figcaption></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">7) Are there differences between how Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims observe Ramadan?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">For the most part, no. Both Sunni and Shia Muslims fast during Ramadan. But there are some minor differences — for instance, <a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2086309_2086333_2086319,00.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Sunnis break their daily fast at sunset</a>, when the sun is no longer visible on the horizon (but there's still light in the sky), whereas Shia wait until the redness of the setting sun has completely vanished and the sky is totally dark.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Shia also celebrate an additional holiday within the month of Ramadan that Sunnis do not. For three days — the 19th, 20th, and 21st days of Ramadan — Shia commemorate the martyrdom of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed who was both the revered fourth caliph of Sunni Islam and the first "legitimate" imam (leader) of Shia Islam.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Ali was assassinated in the fierce civil wars that erupted following the death of Mohammed over who should lead the Muslim community in his stead. On the 19th day of the month of Ramadan, while Ali was worshipping at a mosque in Kufa, Iraq, an assassin from a group of rebels who opposed his leadership fatally struck him with a poisoned sword. Ali died two days later.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Ali is a hugely important figure in Shia Islam. His tomb in nearby Najaf, Iraq, is the third-holiest site in Shia Islam, and millions of Shia make pilgrimage there every year. Although Sunnis revere Ali as one of the four "rightly guided" caliphs who ruled after Mohammed's death, they do not commemorate his death or make pilgrimage to his tomb.</div><br /><figure class="e-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="e-image__image " data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593447/ImamAliMosqueNajafIraq.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><img alt="" class="c-dynamic-image lazy-image lazy-loaded" data-cdata="{"asset_id":6593447,"ratio":"*"}" data-chorus-optimize-field="main_image" data-cid="site/dynamic_size_image-1495861770_8894_6816" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/MLOY-JFMJzK1B1pucmog44aQEMM=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6593447/ImamAliMosqueNajafIraq.jpeg" style="background-position: 50% center; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: auto;" /></span></span><span class="e-image__meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(209 , 209 , 209); box-sizing: border-box; color: #626262; display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; width: 726.406px;"><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib in Najaf, Iraq.</figcaption> <cite style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; opacity: 0.75; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Toushiro" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Toushiro, public domain</a></cite></span></figure><br /><div style="font-size: inherit;"></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">8) What can I do to be respectful of my Muslim friends during Ramadan?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">In some Muslim countries, it is a crime to eat and drink in public during the day in the month of Ramadan, even if you're not Muslim.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Of course, this is not the case in the United States, where we enjoy freedom of (and freedom from) religion. And most American Muslims, myself included, don't expect the non-Muslims around us to radically change their behavior to accommodate our religious fast during Ramadan.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">I've had friends and co-workers who have chosen to fast along with me out of solidarity (or just because it seems "fun"), and that was sweet of them, but it's not something I ever expected people to do. (Plus, they usually last about four days before they decide solidarity is overrated and being thirsty for 15 hours is not even remotely "fun.")</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">All that said, there are things you can do — and not do — to make things a little easier for friends or colleagues who happen to be fasting for Ramadan. If you share an office with someone fasting, maybe eat your delicious, juicy cheeseburger in the office break room rather than at your desk, where your poor, suffering Muslim co-workers will have to smell it and salivate (if they even have enough moisture left in their bodies to salivate at that point).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Try to remember not to offer them a bite or a sip of what you're eating, because it's sometimes hard for us to remember that we're fasting and easy to absentmindedly accept and eat that Lay's potato chip you just offered us. But if you do, it's okay. We're not going to get mad or be offended (unless you're doing it on purpose, in which case, what is wrong with you?).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">If you're having a dinner party and you want to invite your Muslim friends, try to schedule it after sunset so they can eat. Muslims don't drink alcohol or eat pork, but we usually don't mind being around it. (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/philadelphia-mosque-pigs-head/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">Contrary</a> to <a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/344750-texas-bair-shoot-muslims/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">popular belief</a>, we are not scared of or allergic to pork; we just don't eat it. It's not like we're vampires and pork is garlic.) But do let us know if there's alcohol or pork in something so we don't accidentally eat it.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">If you want to wish your Muslim friends or acquaintances a happy Ramadan, you're welcome to just say, "Happy Ramadan!" That's not offensive or anything. But if you want to show them you made an effort to learn more about their religion, the standard Ramadan greetings are "Ramadan kareem" (which means "have a generous Ramadan") or "Ramadan mubarak" (which means "have a blessed Ramadan").</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Even something as simple as learning one of those expressions and saying it with a smile to your Muslim friends will go a long way toward making them feel comfortable and welcome.</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">9) So if you're not supposed to get angry or complain or gossip during Ramadan, how come terrorist attacks by groups like <a href="http://qz.com/439226/isils-call-for-a-ramadan-surge-is-un-islamic-and-highly-effective/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: 0.1s, 0.1s, 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">ISIS</a> and <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14920246/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/us-general-more-violence-during-ramadan/#.V1NiBZMrLBI" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: 0.1s, 0.1s, 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">al-Qaeda</a> always seem to <a href="http://www.janes.com/article/52597/three-fatal-terrorist-attacks-indicate-heightened-islamist-threat-around-caliphate-declaration-anniversary-and-during-ramadan" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f7177; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: 0.1s, 0.1s, 0.1s; vertical-align: inherit;">spike during Ramadan</a>?</span></h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Because terrorists are assholes.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit;">[Source: <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/5/25/11851766/what-is-ramadan-2017-muslim-islam-about" target="_blank">VOX</a> | Updated by</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "harriet" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="c-byline__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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RAMADHAN, NINE QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM HOLY MONTH YOU WERE TOO EMBARRASED TO ASK

Palestinians take part in a prayer called Taraweeh on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City, on June 17, 2015.   MAHMUD ...

RAMADHAN, NINE QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM HOLY MONTH YOU WERE TOO EMBARRASED TO ASK

Palestinians take part in a prayer called Taraweeh on the eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City, on June 17, 2015.   MAHMUD ...

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Nikmat Bulan Suci Ramadhan

<div style="font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclYcT7tn9LL7PnKI1qV6nPateYz7QGp2_CjymG6i1OE2tadm6F8_Ws6w62tsgJH3vUUm8fZYJGJ3M5F2TA1ONycPxRhooIX87ifbC0UfUZSoN5ToJITb-HEg66hZ37VLNnzNsmQImRW20/s1600/Ramadhantyrdty.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637115261480405330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclYcT7tn9LL7PnKI1qV6nPateYz7QGp2_CjymG6i1OE2tadm6F8_Ws6w62tsgJH3vUUm8fZYJGJ3M5F2TA1ONycPxRhooIX87ifbC0UfUZSoN5ToJITb-HEg66hZ37VLNnzNsmQImRW20/s400/Ramadhantyrdty.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%;" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Dalam rangka menyambut bulan suci Ramadhan, kami sajikan risalah ini dengan mengharap kepada Allah agar menjadikan amalan-amalan kita semua ikhlas semata-mata karena-Nya. Dan sesuai apa yang dibawa nabi Muhammad shalallahu ‘alaihi wasallam, maka kami sampaikan dengan mengharap pertolongan dn ridha Allah subhanahuwata'ala:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Tidak ada keraguan lagi bahwasannya di antara nikmat Allah subhanahu wata’ala yang dianugerahkan kepada hamba-Nya adalah bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini. Allah subhanahu wata’ala menjadikan bulan ini sebagai bulan terkumpulnya segala kebaikan dan kesempatan untuk melaksanakan amalan-amalan shalih. Dan Allah subhanahu wata’ala mencurahkan nikmat kepada hamba-Nya pada bulan ini dengan nikmat-nikmat yang telah lalu, dan nikmat yang terus-menerus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pada bulan ini Allah subhanahu wata’ala menurunkan Al Qur’an sebagai petunjuk bagi umat manusia dan penjelas dari Al-Huda dan Al-Furqan. Padanya terjadi perang Badar kubra, dimana Allah subhanahu wata’ala memuliakan Islam dan kaum muslimin serta menghinakan kesyirikan dan para pelakunya, sehingga hari tersebut dinamakan dengan Yaumul Furqon (Hari Pembeda antara yang benar dan yang batil). Padanya pula terjadi Fathu Makkah (penaklukan kota Makkah) yang dengannya Allah mensucikan Baitul Haram dari berhala-berhala, dan umat manusia pun berbondong-bondong masuk ke dalam agama Islam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barangsiapa berpuasa pada bulan ini karena iman dan mengharap ridha serta pahala dari Allah maka diampuni dosanya yang telah lalu. Dan barangsiapa yang menunaikan Qiyam Ramadhan (shalat tarawih) karena iman dan mengharap ridha serta pahala dari Allah maka diampuni dosanya yang telah lalu. Dan barangsiapa yang shalat malam (shalat tarawih) pada malam Lailatul Qadar karena iman dan mengharap ridha serta pahala dari Allah maka diampuni dosanya yang telah lalu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Shalat tarawih yang kita lakukan di bulan ramadhan dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharap pahala sebagaimana yang telah disebutkan di atas, akan mendapatkan keutamaan sebagaimana penjelasan dari Nabi shalallahu ‘alaihi wasallam:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>مَنْ قَامَ مَعَ الإِمَامِ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِيَامَ لَيْلَةٍ</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>“Barangsiapa yang shalat (tarawih) bersama imam sampai selesai maka dicatat baginya seperti shalat semalam suntuk.”</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ini merupakan nikmat yang besar, tidak sepantasnya bagi seorang mukmin untuk meninggalkannya, bahkan sudah seyogyanya ia menekuninya, serta menjaga shalat tarawih bersama imam dari awal hingga akhirnya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Mayoritas dari para imam masjid mempercepat ruku’ dan sujud di dalam shalat tarawih sehingga memberatkan para makmum yang shalat di belakangnya. Bahkan tidak jarang sebagian para imam sangat cepat (shalatnya) sehingga dapat menghilangkan tuma’ninah. Padahal tuma’ninah itu merupakan rukun shalat, dan tidaklah sah shalat seseorang tanpa adanya tuma’ninah. Kalaupun sekiranya dia tidak meninggalkan tuma’ninah, ia akan menghilangkan kebersamaan gerakan makmum. Karena tidak memungkinkan bagi mereka mengikuti imam secara sempurna karena cepatnya gerakan imam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Berkata para ulama -semoga Allah subhanahu wata’ala merahmati mereka: “sesungguhnya makruh hukumnya bagi seorang imam mempercepat gerakan yang menghalangi makmum untuk mengerjakan perkara sunnah.” Maka bagaimana kalau sekiranya dia sampai menghalangi makmum untuk mengerjakan perkara yang wajib?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Maka harapan kita bagi para imam untuk membimbing jamaah yang shalat yang menjadi makmum di belakangnya, agar menunaikan shalat tarawih dengan penuh tuma’ninah. Hendaknya para imam mengetahui bahwa shalat yang mereka kerjakan itu dalam rangka menghadap kepada maula (Rabb mereka) dalam keadaan bertaqarrub (mendekatkan diri) kepada-Nya dengan membaca kalam-Nya, bertakbir kepada-Nya, mengagungkan-Nya, memuji-Nya dan berdoa kepada-Nya dengan sesuatu yang mereka cintai dari kebaikan dunia dan akhirat. Mereka akan lebih di atas kebaikan jika mereka ingin menambah ssedikit waktu, dan sebenarnya perkara ini sangatlah mudah walhamdulillah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Allah subhanahu wata’ala telah memberikan kewajiban bagi seluruh kaum muslimin yang mukallaf, yang memiliki kemampuan dan yang bermukim untuk ber-shaum. Adapun bagi anak kecil yang belum baligh, maka tidak ada kewajiban baginya. Berdasarkan sabda Nabi shalallahu ‘alaihi wasallam:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلاَثَةٍ : وَذَكَرَ: الصَّبِي حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>“Telah diangkat pena dari 3 golongan, (dan disebutkan diantaranya) Anak kecil sampai ia baligh.”</i> [HR. Abu Dawud dan At-Tirmidzi].</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Akan tetapi sudah merupakan kewajiban bagi orang tua agar memerintahkan anak-anaknya untuk ber-shaum apabila telah sampai pada batasan yang anak tersebut mampu untuk ber-shaum. Karena hal itu termasuk bagian pendidikan dan latihan baginya untuk mengerjakan rukun-rukun Islam. Kita melihat sebagian orang tua membiarkan anak-anaknya, mereka tidak memerintahkan shalat dan puasa, maka ini adalah suatu kesalahan. Sesungguhnya dia akan dimintai pertanggungjawaban di hadapan Allah subhanahu wata’ala. Dalam keadaan mereka menyangka dengan tidak menyuruh anak-anak mereka shaum itu sebagai bentuk kelembutan dan kasih sayang kepada mereka.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dan pada hakekatnya, orang tua yang berlemah lembut dan berkasih-sayang kepada anak-anaknya adalah orang tua yang melatih mereka di atas perilaku kebaikan, bukan orang tua yang mengabaikan tentang pengajaran dan pendidikan yang bermanfaat bagi mereka.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sedangkan hukum bagi orang yang gila, pikun, dan semisalnya, maka tidak ada kewajiban bagi mereka shaum dan membayar fidyah, karena tidak adanya akal pada mereka. Adapun orang yang lemah tapi bisa diharapkan hilangnya kelemahan darinya, hukumnya seperti orang sakit yang bisa diharapkan kesembuhannya, maka dia menunggu sampai Allah subhanahu wata’ala menyembuhkan-Nya, kemudian ia meng-qadha’. Berdasarkan firman Allah subhanahu wata’ala:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>أَيَّاماً مَّعْدُودَاتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضاً أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْراً فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُ وَأَن تَصُومُواْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>“(yaitu) dalam beberapa hari yang tertentu. Maka barangsiapa diantara kamu ada yang sakit atau dalam perjalanan (lalu ia berbuka), maka (wajiblah baginya berpuasa) sebanyak hari yang ditinggalkan itu pada hari-hari yang lain. Dan wajib bagi orang-orang yang berat menjalankannya (jika mereka tidak berpuasa) membayar fidyah, (yaitu): memberi makan seorang miskin. Barangsiapa yang dengan kerelaan hati mengerjakan kebajikan , maka itulah yang lebih baik baginya. Dan berpuasa lebih baik bagimu jika kamu mengetahui.”</i> (QS. Al Baqarah[2]: 184)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adapun orang lemah (tua) yang tidak bisa diharapkan hilangnya kelemahannya seperti orang tua (jompo) dan orang sakit yang tidak bisa diharapkan kesembuhannya, maka tidak ada kewajiban shaum baginya. Namun dalam hal ini ia berkewajiban memberikan makan setiap hari seorang fakir miskin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adapun wanita yang haidh dan nifas, maka tidak ada kewajiban untuk ber-shaum. Namun ia meng-qadha’ setelah suci sejumlah hari yang ia tinggalkan. Dan jika haidh atau nifas itu terjadi di siang hari, maka batal shaumnya. Dan wajib baginya untuk mengganti di hari yang lain sejumlah hari yang dia tidak berpuasa karena haidh/nifas. Sebagaimana pula jika berhentinya darah haidh atau nifas di tengah hari bulan Ramadhan, maka wajib baginya untuk menahan diri (tidak makan dan minum) dari sisa waktu shaum. Akan tetapi, ia tidak menganggap itu sebagai shaum yang sempurna, bahkan dia tetap wajib meng-qadha’-nya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adapun bagi seorang musafir, maka ia diberi pilihan. Jika ia mau, boleh baginya berpuasa dan boleh baginya untuk berbuka. Kecuali apabila shaum itu memberatkan baginya maka sesungguhnya yang lebih baik baginya adalah berbuka. Dan dimakruhkan baginya untuk berpuasa karena perbuatan itu dapat memalingkan dan meremehkan rukhshah (keringanan) yang telah diberikan oleh Dzat Yang Maha Penyayang lagi Maha Mulia (Allah subhanahu wata’ala). Jika shaum tidak memberatkan baginya dan kebutuhannya tetap terpenuhi, maka ber-shaum lebih utama baginya. Sebagaimana hadits Abu Darda’ yang terdapat di dalam Ash Shahihain, ia berkata:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>“Kami keluar bersama Rasulullah pada bulan Ramadhan dalam keadaan cuaca yang sangat panas sampai salah seorang di antara kami meletakkan tangannya di atas kepalanya karena panas yang sangat, dan tidak ada di antara kami yang berpuasa, kecuali Rasulullah shalallahu ‘alaihi wasallam dan Abdullah bin Rawahah.”</i> [HR. Abu Darda]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Semoga bermanfaat!</div></div>

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Keajaiban Bulan Ramadhan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZgs-zNuVUSoPpQryG-ueVVZU_AxGYbJ8cAcU1c3gg-7SoN4mHhngEO8TKl7nymnafYtaRtWLvCzGGt-1Oc_W_08YqXeajrldfKJHGYEiHwQqmKAqiTXvHTtgBsuwtnAWGRNPG8j0pTM/s1600/keajaiban+ramadhan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="auto" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZgs-zNuVUSoPpQryG-ueVVZU_AxGYbJ8cAcU1c3gg-7SoN4mHhngEO8TKl7nymnafYtaRtWLvCzGGt-1Oc_W_08YqXeajrldfKJHGYEiHwQqmKAqiTXvHTtgBsuwtnAWGRNPG8j0pTM/s640/keajaiban+ramadhan.jpg" width="760" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgPViZx0lYlTRaDyVepePIJ4X7m6epfqfWaLNk9wTSfJbt-7V-1EyL9GDrcrFXZ4G_-88CnD7-Ntz9wRjfm52y1Dp-xz906B3bEWXoljnrFghnqVf2OxB55POSlMVz-H6aX3tYOvpohA/s1600/basmallah+pembuka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="50" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgPViZx0lYlTRaDyVepePIJ4X7m6epfqfWaLNk9wTSfJbt-7V-1EyL9GDrcrFXZ4G_-88CnD7-Ntz9wRjfm52y1Dp-xz906B3bEWXoljnrFghnqVf2OxB55POSlMVz-H6aX3tYOvpohA/s1600/basmallah+pembuka.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Segala puji bagi Allah semata, shalawat serta salam semoga terlimpah kepada Nabi Muhammad Shalallaahu alaihi wasalam beserta seluruh keluarga dan sahabatnya, para tabi'in, tabi'ut tabi'in, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">dan seluruh mukminin yang memegang teguh syari'at Islam hingga akhir zaman</span>.</div></div><div face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 100%;">Selama Ramadhan, Imam Syafi’i menghatamkan Al-Quran enam puluh kali, dua kali dalam semalam di dalam shalat.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">20</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> KEAJAIBAN RAMADHAN!</span></span></b></span></div></div><div face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 100%;">Selama Ramadhan, Allah memerintahkan seluruh penghuni surga berhias. Rasulullah Saw. bersabda:”…<i><span class="Apple-style-span">Adapun yang keempat, sesungguhnya Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla memerintahkan surga-Nya, Ia berfirman: “Bersiap-siaplah, dan hiasilah dirimu untuk para hamba-Ku, sehingga mereka bisa segera beristirahat dari kelelahan (hidup di) dunia menuju negeri-Ku dan kemulyaan-Ku…”</span></i> [HR. Baihaqi]. Itulah sisi menarik keajaiban bulan Ramadhan yang tak banyak orang tahu.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. Ramadhan jalan menuju ketaqwaan</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Allah berfirman: </span></span><br /><div style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"><br />يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ</span></div><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, diwajibkan atas kalian puasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas kaum sebelum kalian, agar kalian bertaqwa”.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (QS Al Baqarah [2]: 183).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ayat di atas menerangkan bahwa puasa adalah sarana yang bisa mengantarkan pelakunya menuju ketaqwaan, karena puasa mampu meredam syahwat. Ini sesuai dengan salah satu penafsiran yang disebutkan Imam Al Qurthubi, yang berpatokan kepada hadits riwayat Imam Ahmad yang menyebutkan bahwa puasa adalah perisai.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2. Ramadhan bulan mujahadah</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Para ulama’ salaf adalah suri tauladan bagi umat, mujahadah mereka dalam mengisi bulan Ramadhan amat perlu dicontoh.</span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 100%;">Seperti Imam Asyafi’i, dalam bulan Ramadhan beliau menghatamkan Al-Quran dua kali dalam semalam, dan iti dikerjakan di dalam shalat, sehingga dalam bulan Ramadhan beliau menghatamkan Al-Quran enam puluh kali dalam sebulan. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 100%;">Imam Abu Hanifah juga menghatamkan Al-Quran dua kali dalam sehari selama Ramadhan.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>3. Puasa Ramadhan menumbuhkan sifat amanah</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wahbah Zuhaili dalam bukunya Al Fiqh Al Islami berpendapat bahwa </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">puasa mengajarkan rasa amanat dan muraqabah di hadapan Allah Ta’ala,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> baik dengan amalan yang nampak maupun yang tersembunyi. Maka tidak ada yang mengawasi seseorang yang berpuasa agar menghindari hal-hal yang dilarang dalam berpuasa kecuali Allah Ta’ala</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>4. Puasa Ramadhan melatih kedisiplinan</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Puasa juga melatih kedisplinan, Wahbah Zuhaili menjelaskan bahwa seorang yang berpuasa harus makan dan minum dalam waktu yang terbatas. Bahkan dalam berbuka puasa pun harus disegerakan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>5. Puasa Ramadhan menumbuhkan rasa solidaritas sesama muslim</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wahbah Zuhali juga menjelaskan bahwa puasa Ramadhan menumbuhkan rasa solidaritas di antara sesama muslim. Pada bulan ini semua umat Islam, dari timur hingga barat diwajibkan untuk menjalankan puasa. </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Mereka berpuasa dan berbuka dalam waktu yang sama, dikarenaka mereka memiliki Rabb yang satu.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seorang yang merasa lapar dan dahaga akhirnya juga bisa ikut merasakan kesengsaraan saudara-saudaranya yang kekurangan atau tertimpa bencana. Sehingga tumbuh perasaan kasih sayang terhadap umat Islam yang lain.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>6. Puasa Ramadhan melatih kesabaran</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan puasa di mana pada siang hari kita diperintahkan meninggalkan makanan yang asalnya halal, terlebih lagi yang haram. Begitu pula di saat ada seseorang mengganggu kita. Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Bila seseorang menghina atau mencacinya, hendaknya ia berkata 'Sesungguhnya aku sedang puasa."</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Bukhari)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>7. </b></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Puasa telah dijadikan oleh Allah sebagai medan untuk menempa kesehatan dan kesembuhan dari beragam penyaki</b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>t.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”Berpuasalah, maka kamu akan sehat”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Ibnu Sunni), ada yang menyatakan bahwa hadits ini dhoif, akan tetapi ada pula yang menyatakan bahwa derajat hadits ini sampai dengan tingkat hasan (lihat, Fiqh Al Islami wa Adilatuh, hal 1619).</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tapi makna matan hadist bisa tetap diterima, karena puasa memang menyehatkan. Al Harits bin Kaldah, tabib Arab yang pernah mengabdi kepada Rasulullah Saw. juga pernah menyatakan: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”Lambung adalah tempat tinggal penyakit dan sedikit makanan adalah obatnya”.</span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rahasia kesehatan di balik ibadah puasa adalah bahwa puasa menempa tubuh kita untuk melumatkan racun-racun yang mengendap dalam tubuh dan mengosongkan materi-materi kotor lainnya dari dalam tubuh.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-style: italic;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>8. Lailatul Qadar adalah hadiah dari Allah untuk umat ini</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Diriwayatkan oleh Imam Malik dalam Al Muwatha’, dia telah mendengar dari seorang ahlul ilmi tsiqah yang telah mengatakan: </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Sesungguhnya telah diperlihatkan usia-usia umat sebelumnya kepada Rasulullah Saw., atau apa yang telah Allah kehendaki dari hal itu, dan sepertinya usia umat beliau tidak mampu menyamai amalan yang telah dicapai oleh umat-umat sebelumnya, maka Allah memberi beliau Lailatul Qadar yang lebih baik daripada seribu bulan.”</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Malik).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>9. Ramadhan bulan ampunan.</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bulan Ramadhan adalah bulan ampunan, Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: “Dan siapa yang berpuasa Ramadhan dengan didasari keimanan dan pengharapan ridha Allah, diampunkan untuknya dosa yang telah lalu.” (HR. Bukhari)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>10. Siapa yang dilihat Allah, maka ia terbebas dari adzab-Nya</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dari Jabir bin Abdullah ra. Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”Pada bulan Ramadhan umatku dianugerahi lima perkara yang tidak diberikan kepada nabi-nabi sebelumku. Yang pertama, sesungguhnya jika Allah melihat mereka di awal malam dari bulan Ramadhan, dan barang siapa yang telah dilihat Allah maka Ia tidak akan mengadzabnya selamanya…”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Baihaqi).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>11. Bau mulut orang berpuasa lebih harum dari misk di hadapan Allah..</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”…Yang kedua, sesungguhnya bau mulut mereka ketika sore hari lebih harum di hadapan Allah daripada bau misk…”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Baihaqi).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>12. Di Bulan Ramadhan para malaikat meminta ampunan untuk umat ini</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. bersabda:</span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”…Adapun yang ketiga, sesungguhnya para malaikat meminta ampunan untuk mereka siang dan malam…”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Baihaqi).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>13. Di bulan Ramadhan sorga berbenah diri</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. bersabda:”…Adapun yang keempat, sesungguhnya Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla memerintahkan surga-Nya, Ia berfirman: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Bersiap-siaplah, dan hiasilah dirimu untuk para hamba-Ku, sehingga mereka bisa segera beristirahat dari kelelahan (hidup di) dunia menuju negeri-Ku dan kemulyaan-Ku…</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">” (HR. Baihaqi).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>14. Di malam akhir Ramadhan Allah mengampuni umat ini</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”…Adapun yang kelima, sesungguhnya jika tiba malam terakhir Ramadhan Allah memberi ampun kepada mereka semua".</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Lalu bertanyalah seorang lelaki dari sebuah kaum: ”Apakah itu lailatul qadar? Beliau bersabda: ”Bukan..! a</span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">pakah kau tidak mengetahui perihal orang-orang yang bekerja, jika mereka selesai melakukan pekerjaan maka imbalannya akan dipenuhi".</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Baihaqi)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>15. Pintu sorga dibuka, pintu neraka ditutup, syaitan dibelenggu</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. Bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Jika Ramadhan tiba dibukalah pintu sorga dan ditutuplah pintu neraka serta syaitan-syaitan dibelenggu".</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Bukhari).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dalam Syarah Shahih Muslim, Qadhi Iyadh menjelaskan bahwa makna hadits di atas bisa bermakna haqiqi, yaitu pintu sorga dibuka, pintu neraka ditutup serta syaitan dibelenggu secara haqiqi, sebagai tanda datangnya Ramadhan sekaligus pemulyaan terhadapnya. Tapi bisa juga bermakna majaz yang mengisyaratkan </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">besarnya pahala dan ampunan di bulan itu</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, sehingga syaitan seperti terbelenggu.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>16. Pahala syuhada bagi yang melakukan kewajiban dan menghidupkan Ramadhan</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Datanglah seorang laki-laki kepada Nabi Saw. Dan mengatakan: ”Wahai Rasulullah, tahukah anda jika saya telah bersaksi bahwa tidak ada ilah selain Allah dan sesungguhnya anda adalah utusan Allah, aku juga telah melakukan shalat lima waktu, juga telah menunaikan zakat, serta aku telah berpuasa Ramadhan dan menghidupkannya, maka termasuk golongan siapakah saya? Rasulullah Saw. Bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Termasuk dari orang-orang yang sidiq dan syuhada’”.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Ibnu Hibban dalam Shahihnya)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>17. Pahala amalan bulan Ramadhan berlipat ganda</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dari Salman ra., bahwasannya Rasulullah Saw. berkhutbah di hari terakhir bulan Sya’ban: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">”Wahai manusia, telah datang kepada kalian bulan agung yang penuh berkah. Bulan yang terdapat di dalamnya sebuah malam yang lebih baik dari seribu bulan, bulan yang Allah jadikan puasa di dalamnya sebagai kewajiban, dan qiyamul lail sebagai hal yang disunnahkan, barang siapa mendekatkan diri di dalamnya dengan perbuat kebajikan, maka ia seperti mengerjakan kewajiban selainnya, dan barang siapa mengerjakan kewajiban di dalamnya, maka ia seperti mengerjakan tujuh puluh kewajiban selainnya…” </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(HR. Ibnu Huzaimah dalam Shahihnya)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>18. Seluruh hari dalam Ramadhan memiliki keutamaan</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: “…</span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Dia adalah bulan yang permulaannya adalah rahmat, pertengahannya adalah ampunan, serta paripurnanya adalah pembebasan dari neraka…”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR. Ibnu Huzaimah dalam Shahihnya)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>19. Keutamaan memberi minum orang yang berpuasa</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Allah akan memberi minum kelak di akhirat Rasulullah Saw. bersabda: “</span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Dan barang siapa memberi minuman orang yang berpuasa maka Allah akan memberinya dari telaga minuman yang tidak menghauskan hingga ia masuk ke dalam sorga”. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(HR. Ibnu Huzaimah dalam Shahihnya).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>20. Sebaik-baik sedekah adalah sedekah di bulan Ramadhan</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rasulullah bersabda: </span><span style="color: rgb(0 , 51 , 0); font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">“Sebaik-baik sedekah yaitu sedekah di bulan Ramadhan.”</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (HR.Tirmidzi).</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Dikutip dari Majalah Hidayatullah September 2007]</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>

Keajaiban Bulan Ramadhan

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