Have you finished breakfast?
From Sujata village, India.
“Naashta ho gaya?”
I asked Amjad-ji in Hindi,
“Have you
finished breakfast?”.
I was just excited to use
the Hindi phrase
which
I recently remembered.
But Amjad-ji and
the young Indian man next
to him
both smiled confusedly.
I wondered,
“Was my Hindi wrong…?”
Actually, it wasn’t.
“I’m on fasting”,
Amjad-ji answered.
Oh, sorry for asking!
He is a Muslim living in India.
India is famous for Hinduism,
but there
exist
many kinds of religions actually.
Buddhism, Islam, Christianity,
Sikhism and Jainism
etc.
No matter what religion he or she belongs,
everybody believes in his or her God
and it seems they respect
different
religions each other.
From 16th of May to 14th
of June,
Muslim people don’t eat nor drink
from dawn until sunset
because it is a month of Ramadan.
It's in extremely hot season
in
Sujata village, India.
Surviving the day time
over 40℃
without even water…
For me, Japanese,
it is unbelievable fact.
I thought this is somewhat amazing
and
asked more about Islam to Amjad-ji.
“For us, praying five times a day is
very
important.
In addition,
to be punctual for praying time is
also quite important.
We pray every day at
4 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 6:45 PM and 9 PM."
!!!
He goes to bed
about 12 o’clock at night
and he gets up after few hours
for the pray of 4 AM.
After praying,
he goes to sleep again for
few hours.
Every day!!
He is a manager of guest house
"SACHI HOME" in Sujata
village.
He crosses the river
between Sujata village
and Bodhgaya
by walk every day
for the pray of 2 PM.
He never misses the pray
even if there is an
important job.
For him,
It's nothing special.
It's natural.
Ordinary days
from his boyhood.
Multireligious country India.
No matter what religion
he or she belongs,
his or her belief and daily lives are
connected strongly
and rooted in usual
days.
It is said that
religious conflict
sometimes occurs,
but it seems Indians respect
different religion basically.
Especially,
Amjad-ji gained trust from Hindus
and they say,
“Amjad-ji is a very nice guy!”.
He is a man with rugged looks.
But to tell you the truth,
he is very shy.
When you meet him in Sujata village,
please
talk to him from you.
You will see his shy smile.
From Meera
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