My son have not missed a day of puasa so far.Syukur alhamdullilah.Even in this unpredictable weather with the haze and all he has managed to conquer it.I am so proud of him.This is the second year of puasa for him and I hope that he will be given the strength to perservere till the last day of ramadhan.Insya-ALLAH.
My daughter Iva being only 5 years of age had her first trial puasa last weekend and I'm proud to say that she passed with flying colours.Although nearing maghrib she started whining and demanded water and food but I distracted her and she continued on till break fast time.Really really proud of her.
I've always believed that puasa has to be cultivated as early as possible.My niece who is in Al-Iman and in nursery has been taught and advised to puasa.But of course they are not forced to but they are advised to try to puasa just to get a deeper meaning of it.
I'm sometimes embarassed to see our muslim folks not fasting and eating in broad daylight and feeling darn proud of it!Sheesh....don't they feel a sense of malu among their kind?
There was an incident one day when the hubby was waiting for the son outside his school.The hubby met another muslim parent..a father to be exact.It was the 3rd day of ramadhan.They were talking about their kids wheather they were fasting or not so my hubby proudly said that Aedil was fasting.The other parent said that his son sure cannot tahan cos he HIMSELF when the clock reaches 12 in the afternoon cannot tahan and buka and with a selambe face lit up a cigarette in front of the hubby.When Aedil came out the other parent said "ni mesti muka tak puasa".My hubby then asked Aedil if he drank any water during recess to which Aedil replied "Daddy how can drink water?We are fasting what..."
Tell me how can I not be proud of my son? AND to the other parent how can your son follow you when you yourself show such a bad example?
I guess ultimately it is up to him and GOD ya.... *sighs*
