7 Activities You Can Do While Fasting in the Midst of the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Kapanlagi.com - The fasting month is just around the corner, but we still have to stay at home because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Some routine activities that we should do during fasting, such as ngabuburit, should be forgotten because of this disaster.

Nevertheless, there are still several activities that we can do even when fasting at home. In addition to gaining rewards, we can also spend time with positive things in performing fasting during social distancing.

According to various sources, here are 7 activities that we can do while fasting in the midst of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

1. Tadarus

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The first activity is to recite the Quran. When performing fasting, reciting the Quran is the right choice. You can spend a lot of time reciting and understanding the Quran in your free time.

You can start by making a recitation schedule, so that you know the routine schedule when reciting the Quran. You can also take notes on what you have learned from the Quran every day.

This not only allows you to spend your free time at home positively, but you can also earn rewards for doing it. You can recite after the Fajr prayer, after Dhuhr prayer, or after Asr prayer. You can take advantage of any time to do it.

2. Increase Sunnah Prayers

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Another thing we can do during fasting is to increase the number of Sunnah prayers. When you have a lot of time at home, it is good to increase the activity of Sunnah prayers.

You can start by performing 2 rak'ahs of Duha prayer, then the next day you can add another 2 rak'ahs until you reach your ability. You can also start performing Tahajjud prayer at night before the pre-dawn meal. If it feels difficult, you can start with 2 rak'ahs first.

There are still many Sunnah prayers that can be performed daily during fasting. Besides filling your time, you will also receive more rewards from Allah SWT for doing them.

3. Learn Online Religious Sciences

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To deepen the activities of recitation and prayer, we can start learning religion online. There are many ways to learn religion online, by reading books or listening to lectures from famous scholars on social media.

There have been many online lectures conducted by the best scholars in Indonesia. By engaging in religious learning activities, we can gain more knowledge to deepen our worship to Allah SWT.

4. House Cleaning

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Cleanliness is part of faith, Allah SWT likes His servants to be clean, and Prophet Muhammad Saw also liked cleanliness. We can do house cleaning activities while fasting. The cleaning mentioned here refers to thoroughly cleaning the house, my dear friends.

You can sunbathe the sofa, wash the curtains, or clean the dusty shelves. It doesn't need to be done all at once, you can do it gradually every day. Like today, you can start by sunbathing the sofa and cleaning it.

You can also apply oil if your living room chairs are made of wood, to make them look new again. Then the next day, you can wash all the curtains in the house to prevent them from getting dusty and make the house look clean. There are many things you can clean in the house to spend your free time.

5. Light Exercise

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Next, what you can do while fasting is to exercise. What is meant here is light exercise, KLovers, you can do small runs inside the house or do some stretching to sweat.

If you can do yoga, you can also do light yoga movements without overdoing it. You can exercise in the morning while sunbathing or exercise in the evening while waiting for iftar time.

6. Trying New Recipes

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Usually, during fasting, our appetite increases. We want to try this, try that, and end up buying all the takjil (snacks for breaking the fast). But due to the ongoing pandemic, it will be very difficult to buy takjil or engage in ngabuburit activities.

Therefore, to fill your free time during fasting, you can try new recipes that you want to do. Besides being able to ward off boredom during the fasting month, you can also provide healthy food for your family with guaranteed cleanliness.

7. Sharing Takjil

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The last activity we can do while fasting is to share takjil. Even though we are practicing social distancing, we can still share with others.

By sharing the food you have cooked to nearby mosques. This way, you can share with those who are looking for iftar at mosques, as well as with the mosque caretakers.

Providing food for someone who is fasting has great rewards. Even in this situation, you can still share with anyone. You can also share the food you made with your neighbors.

Those are 7 activities you can do while fasting in the current pandemic situation. Hopefully, the above ways can be a reference for those who are confused about what to do while fasting. Happy fasting.

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