puasa sunat

well.. i think it is still relevent for me to talk about this 'puasa sunat', we r still in Syawal month rite? :) this, i dedicate to all my non-Muslims frens out there, since they asked me a lot regarding the puasa sunat.. mind u, i'm not that good at discussing about religious things but i'll try my best, in simplified way :)

situation: during lunch time

frens: F, let's go eat

F: you guys go la, i'm fasting today

frens: fasting? bulan puasa already past rite?

F: err.. yup..

frens: then?

F: i'm fasting puasa sunat

frens: sunat? what's that for?

F: ahah.. how to say aa.. i'm fasting sunat, means that if i fast, i'll get the reward, if i dun fast, i wl not lose anything.. some more, there is this saying, if we the Muslims puasa sunat for 6 days in raya month (Syawal), the reward is like we r fasting for one whole year..

frens: oowwhh..

then, there is one guy said: owh, if like that, u dun have to fast during puasa month la. u just puasa for 6 days in raya month, n u wl still get the one whole year reward!

F: errkkk!!!

ahah.. that's the confusion!

well my fellow frens, the puasa in bulan Ramadhan is wajib, an obligation, a must. on the other hand, the fasting i said in bulan raya is sunat, means if we do it, we'll get the reward, if we dun do it, nothing will happen. these WAJIB n SUNAT are 2 different things.. if we dun do the sunat things, it is not a sin. n God will love it if we do it. the wajib thing is compulsory, if we dun do it, we'll get sin.. (senang cerita la)

so, the puasa in bulan Ramadhan is wajib, n in raya month is sunat.. how to do a sunat while u dun do the obligatory one? logic tak? also, the puasa during Ramadhan is one of the 5 pillars of Islam.. if one pillar is down, the Islam is not complete. how to get rewards if we dun do the compulsory. rite?

hm.. and God is very generous, He gives a lot of reward when u do just simple things.. this is the opportunity to gain His blessings and rewards! (with God's will @ InsyaAllah..) so, this is why i'm fasting... n yah, the puasa sunat is not only applicable during Raya month, it can b done anytime of the year. so, if u see any Muslim fasts during any other time, dun think of puasa ganti (replacement) je tau.. again, the reward of as if u r fasting for one whole year is when u fast 6 days during raya month..

ok.. that's all folk.. anything u still confuse, let me know. InsyaAllah, i'll help to enlighten you :)

~ proud to be a Muslimah