RAMADHAN KAREEM

TADARUS ACTIVITY DURING A PANDEMIC AND ITS PRIVILEGES

The month of fasting is the month most awaited by Muslims. Because in Muslim belief, the month of Ramadan is a month full of blessings where each of us do something good will be rewarded with abundant rewards. One of the activities besides fasting and tarawih prayer which is always there during the month of Ramadan is the activity of tadarus Al-Quran. Tadarus Al-Quran is an activity to read Al-Quran whether it is done together or done individually. Generally if it done together, it's in a mosque. In the days before the pandemic, usually, people would compete to the mosque to perform tadarus. However, the whole world is currently in a pandemic. Where people are required not to crowd and have to maintain a distance, which ultimately makes tadarus activities in mosques no longer as busy as they were before the pandemic. 

Like the tadarus activity in the village of Alang-alang Caruban, Jombang City. Even though the day was still dark, the cold weather caused by the rain yesterday made most of the residents snoring behind their blankets, but not these young people who are still enthusiastic about coloring the morning with the strains of the holy verses of Al-Qur’an. This prayer room which used to be crowded with tadarus people during Ramadan is now quiet and only filled with a few people. Nevertheless, the activity at the mosque was still going on. People get around this by coming and reading Al-Qur’an to the prayer room not in the crowd but by taking turns coming to the prayer room. The people continue to practice tadarus at the mosque by implementing restrictions on people who can do tadarus. Usually, one room is limited to three to five people.

The Mosque of Darul Falah

The young girls of Jombang City reading Qur'an during Ramadhan

Tadarus activity besides increasing the reward of worship, there are several features for those who carry out this activity. The first is to give help on the doomsday, Gaining goodness and merit multiple times. Of course, someone who reads the Al-Qur'an will be counted the reward of each letter. If you do tadarus Al-Qur'an in the month of Ramadan, it will be multiplied by ten goodnesses. In addition, reading Al-Qur’an in the month of Ramadan makes us closer to Allah SWT. Tadarus can also make our minds and hearts calm because by reading the Al-Qur’an we will always remember Allah SWT, so our hearts will be peaceful

Reading the Al-Qur’an can increase our faith. We definitely realize that human's faith can sometimes go up and sometimes it can go down. Therefore, to maintain our faith, tadarus activity or reading the Qur'an can be the right way. In addition, during a pandemic like this, reading Qur’an can be the right thing to fill the hole of time or in other words, make us productive rather than just sleeping. The month of Ramadan means your opportunity to use your time for things that are more positive and useful. So, while in the month of Ramadan, let's read Al-Qur’an frequently. 

written by: Ela Rosalia (069) 

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