Ngabuburit - Understanding and Alternative Useful Activities
Entering and running the month of Ramadan is certainly not just running fast. Worship and other activities are still done and even added to make this Ramadan as a special month. Fasting as the function of religion, oriented to be able to keep the passions and to worship the worship as much as possible with the reward doubled. The nature of anger in Islam and the arrogant nature of Islam is avoided because it is close to the emotions / passions, as well as excessive behavior. For that moment when Ramadan is controlled.
There is a term that is also often heard during the month of Ramadan, which is ngabuburit. In most people the term ngabuburit is often attached to the activity of spending time to wait time to break the fast. This waiting and time-consuming activity is up to each person. Starting from cooking to breaking the fast, playing firecrackers, sightseeing or sighting. However, is this ngabuburit tradition in accordance with the teachings of Islam and how the right activity to be able to take advantage of the time to wait for the opening beduk fasting? For that we need to know the appropriate according to Islamic teachings.
Understanding and the Origin of Ngabuburit
Ngabuburit comes from the Sundanese language. Burit means late afternoon. According to the Sundanese dictionary, ngabuburit (which affixed nga-, and repetition of the word burit) meaningful activity or spend the afternoon before the evening, so the time does not feel already up at night.
In its development also, the term ngabuburit in sunda in use for children who are still learning to fast so as not to feel hungry and bored waiting for fasting, so given the activity to divert their hunger and thirst. The activity of praying together with the ustad or teacher of the ngaji in the mosque / musholla is an activity that children use while waiting for the breaking of the fast. Not only that, in the context of children, play can also be a ngabuburit activity such as playing congklak, snake ladder, monopoly, or other traditional games. Children in this modern age could be playing gadgets, browsing, or doing activities on social media.
In modern times and modern urban society, ngabuburit is not only attached to children only. The term ngabuburit is used in general terms at all ages and all walks of life. The urban community that has a lot of money usually ngabuburit with the streets in the mall or shopping for the needs of Eid. Teenagers often use their ngabuburit time to meet friends while waiting for breaking fast together. The term ngabuburit which originally only studied in the mosque or musholla now widespread become more varied.
The Importance of Time and Activity Management in Islam
Ngabuburit is one of the activities waiting and killing the time that variant of its activities depends on each person. In Islamic teachings time is a very valuable thing. For that we need to know in advance how the basic principles of Islam on the use of time and the right activities, including in the month of Ramadan.
Time is precious
God in some of his words often uses the term time to show how important that time is. In the QS Adh-Dhuha Allah swears by the term By the Time of Dhuha and by Night Time when it is silent. In this case time becomes a very important, valuable, and needs to be considered by humans.
Ibn Abbas RA narrated a hadith about the time, he said: Prophet SAW said: "two pleasures that are often neglected by most humans are good pleasure and leisure time" (Narrated by Bukhari and Ibn Majah)
Spare time is one of the pleasures that can be harmful. People often say that time is like a shield / sword. We can get very much benefit from the shield but when one uses it the shield is able to wipe out the owner himself or someone else.
Waiting for time to break the fast with ngabuburit certainly need to be considered. Ngabuburit can be a useful but can also bring uselessness. Therefore, the use of time in the teachings of Islam is very important to be managed, cared for, and not wasted in ngabuburit. Ngabuburit time to consider in order to have a valuable value.
Time must be used to perform good deeds and amar ma'ruf nahi munkar
"For the sake of Mass. Surely man is really in loss. Except those who believe and do good deeds and exhort each other in truth and exhort each other in patience. "(Surat al-'Ashr: 1-3)
In Al-Quran verse Al-Ashr letter above explained that humans who can not use the time well.*item