Amman (INA) - Jordanians celebrate annually, like other Muslims, the advent of the month of fasting and forgiveness, and decorate their balconies, entrances and buildings to celebrate and rejoice in Ramadan. Since the first day of fasting, people start organizing their lives according to the timings of the iftar period, Tarawih prayer, and the Suhoor meal, and some of them stay up late and do not sleep during the nights of Ramadan, especially since the summer holidays for schools coincide three years ago with the holy month, which allows students to stay up late and relieves parents from the trouble of driving students. to schools. Many Jordanian employees are now delaying their annual leave to coincide with Ramadan and the school holidays, which allows large numbers of Jordanians to stay up late during Ramadan nights and sleep after eating the pre-dawn meal and performing the dawn prayer, which many people complain about and criticize, while those who practice this pattern behavior they deem most appropriate for their lifestyle. Citizen Muhammad Ali (61 years) says that customs and practices occurred during the month of Ramadan that we were not used to practicing before, and he described these practices as “extraneous to our society and our habits, especially those related to staying up all night and sleeping during the day, considering this a change in the norm and a departure from the usual behavior of people.” And their lives. While the young man, Khalil Muhammad (23 years), considered that the atmosphere of staying up late in Ramadan and sleeping after dawn suits him, especially since he is looking for work, and that the summer heat with fasting limits his movement during the day, but if he gets a job, the matter will inevitably change. With the beginning of the holy month, the nature of working hours and the daily life of people changes and becomes more monotonous and disciplined, and working hours are reduced in ministries, government departments and institutions, as the government has set working hours in Ramadan from ten in the morning until two in the afternoon except for departments whose work requires otherwise, while shops close their doors The time of sunset and then re-open its doors for late hours of the night, extending in the markets of cities until the time of Suhoor. During the holy month, Jordanians, men and women, are interested in the Fajr and Tarawih prayers, and are keen to perform them in the mosque. Tarawih prayer is eight rak’ahs, and 20 rak’ahs are performed in it, with the commitment of the imam and the mosque’s visitors. Some of these mosques are keen to complete the Holy Qur’an in Tarawih prayer. Hajja Um Ahmed (57 years old) says that she has been accompanying her husband to the Fajr and Tarawih prayers for years, and she is keen to urge her children and grandchildren to adhere to that. In the holy month, Jordanians practice habits that have become due to their duties towards each other, by inviting relatives of aunts, aunts, brothers, sisters and daughters to family iftar tables. Hajja Um Ayman (66 years old) says that she and her husband are keen, every year in the month of Ramadan, to invite their relatives, including boys and girls, and relatives to eat breakfast in their homes, and that she also accepts the invitation of her brothers, sons, and relatives to eat breakfast in their homes. And those responsible for caring for mosques are keen to organize science circles and give religious lessons in them, and the Jordanian Ministry of Endowments is in charge of organizing science councils in large mosques and inviting those who fast to attend them. Also, many Jordanians take out their zakat money annually in the holy month and distribute it to the needy, in addition to what many charities and other parties are doing to prepare parcels of goodness and distribute them to the poor and needy. (End of text) Muhammad Al-Omari
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