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How to avoid lazy to do something in the fast

            Fasting is one month where all of moslem in the world is not drink, eat, and keep their carnal lusts. They may not to over angry and sad. In that time, many of them just sleep to escape from fast prohibition. Therefore a verse in Koran also said that sleep in fast can gets reward from GOD but more reward will more giving when we do some positive things, not only sleep especially when the fast is in holiday certainly many of people will lazy to do something. We must have schedule activity to avoid lazy beginning after sahur until sunset prayer or maghrib.

            The schedule or activity planning must consist of move activity. Makes the body to do something as busy as possible because when fasting there are a lot of reward for every activity. The people can start arrange before fasting how the activity that will to do to avoid lazy but if the people already have many activity, they won’t need to organize again and they just more diligent to do their daily activity.

            The people must try to have enough sleep that has purpose to minimalize fall asleep in the morning. The lazy condition will appears in the fast when you fall asleep and finally lazy to do something although there are many activity or task must finished by us. Don’t sleep after sahur, it has bad impact such us feeling lazy all the time, lower mental alertness and a negative attitude. The people can force their self to have activity after sahur such us jogging, cleaning house and finish some task. Don’t feel lazy and just do it. Whats the point of living if you’re not going to use everyday to the fullest. Sleep is always there, opportunities are not (Armanda Bravo).¹

            In the morning, actually all of people have to works. The spirit from their self can avoid feeling lazy. The spirit to get higher salary and get bonus from company become a motivation to still work hard in fast. The special treatment gotten by people without works in the morning. They will feel lazy because don’t have work or something to do. They mustn’t give up. They also can find a works whatever kind of works. If they have good purpose, they will find a works to fill leisure time.

            The difficult time to avoid lazy in the fast is about 12 PM because in that time the sun is shining, the people may thirsty and cannot have higher temperature. It’s time when you can take a rest from your activity. Many of works, office, school, company and so on have rest time in 12 PM. The people can sleep in short time until time to activity start again. The people sleep in the daily light isn’t because lazy, but the purpose is to charge again energy in the fast. Beside sleep, the people can more pray to get reward from God.

            In the afternoon, the people won’t lazy because around that time is close with time to finish fast in the maghrib. They often prepare about delicious food, fresh drink and sweet dessert. It’s easy to get many kind of food in the corner street after works and go home. However in that time also there are some people still sleep and lazy to do something. They sleep after sahur until close time to finish fast and it’s not good. The time which is close with finish our fast sometimes in many mosque there are activity to pray together. Why they didn’t participant in that activity than only sleep until maghrib.

            In the evening, when the fast is finish is also still important to avoid lazy. There are people will eat variety of food without limit because very hungry but it can caused lazy with full stomach. The just need to eat until not feel hungry again because something which is over is not good. If the stomach is full, it will make eyes fall asleep. They won’t get advantage from pray in the night of fast because feel lazy to do something.

            So, in fasting there are so many activity beside just sleep that can makes feel lazy. The people can start since sahur until maghrib to find good activity for gets many reward from God. They will avoid from lazy, if they have good activity or schedule. They must escape from lazy habitual because it is bad habitual and also has bad impact to human body.