Ramadan Word #6 Travelling
If you travel more then 84 kilometers, you are not obligated to fast.
Somehow I have the feeling, that this gives people a nice little excuse not to fast, because something tells me that this rule was made at times when people still travelled on horses and camels.
Is it justified being excused of fasting because you spend two hours in a car? Maybe if you say that the hunger can affect your ability to stay focused, and therefore you should not fast out of security reasons, it makes sense.
But then, is that applicable in a society where a huge part of automobile users don't turn on their headlights even at night, and where you find yourself being laughed at if you dare putting on the seat belt when sitting in the back seat?
I for my part did use the excuse when I travelled to Alexandria yesterday, and I must say, I enjoyed my breakfast in the morning very much. :-)
But now I'm back on track and all strict with myself.
1 Kommentare:
nowadays people dont really implement this rule unless they are travelling very far away by plane that by the time you arrive its way past iftar time back home but still iftar hasnt come in this new country. Like imagine you leave here and go to the states where the time difference is enormous, only then do you really have an excuse to break your fast :)
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