Fasting and Social Observance

Kompas/B Josie Susilo Hardianto

Salahuddin Wahid

Once upon a time, Prophet Moses walked toward the hills of Sinai where he would receive the commandments of God.

On his way, he met with an abid (devout worshipper of Allah) who was doing an uzlah (self-seclusion). The abid knew that Moses was about to meet with Allah and requested that Moses ask Allah to which level of heaven he would be put in the afterlife. Moses asked him why he was so sure he would go to heaven. The abid answered that he had secluded himself from all the chaos of the world for 40 years. He had never sinned. He filled his days by worshipping and praying to Allah.