Makan budak

 Monday 5.45pm- maghrib yang hening

Knock knock!!
Someone knocked at the door as I was finishing the remaining of bread pudding after breaking fast. Wait, who might the person be?at this hour? Is he someone next door? xkan lah.Aspek kerukunan ketetanggaan is never being practiced here. =D
Then I opened the door. Bismillah..

Came on the scene, these few caterpillar-stage creatures

Cute looking Dark Witch

Daughter of Lil Red Riding Hood + Mambang Tanah

Hercules's sister-in-law, Runaway Bride,..and err...the amateur Ponti Anak Remaja !!?

Yosh!! Today is Halloween Day. How come that I don't remember? In fact I expected scarier action from those kids but they were actually too adorable. Dressed up so much like hantu setan, hantu lampor and many others of its kinds but sheepishly asking for sweets..with so much politeness. hehe. I gave some for them, but there was no intention of appeasing any spirit. It was simply because of the kids. Some of them carried a heavy plastic bag full of candies- a sign of a long walk from door to door. I guess that would be a stock for at least a week, and their parents can cut their budget for sweets supply once a year. [Even though it might have no effect because they will still need to break their piggy bank to invest on the extravagant costumes]. I was so excited in treating them sweets without realizing the rigidness, in a sense that both of my hands will pass the sweets to them. Treat!!as if it was scripted. I should have refused at least once and see how the kids will go about with their tricks to the whole house. They might prepare the tricks in advance if they are visionary enough and consider that the real world is not as lovely as they see. There are stingy people everywhere. [but I guess they might not :D]. I admire "Mat Salleh" kids because at this stage, purity and innocence comes to being- the precious qualities that will soon diminish and transform to being a stinky hangover.

To be honest, if I were 9, I would rather follow them to collect as much candies as I can, than  knuckling down for all my works in such a colourless academia. Wait for me kiddos!! I'll go upstairs and get my mask!!

I had searched on Google about the status of Halloween from Islamic perspective. Not saying that to my surprise, it is  Haraam. Halloween used to be  Pagan festival- celebration of death. So Muslims out there, we are not supposed to participate in Halloween celebration because it is forbidden. We should cling firmly to Sunnah and distance ourselves from being a blind imitator of falsehood. Thank Allah that I am not a permanent resident in Western country because I might dress up my future children too and bring them around the neighborhood for trick or treat. Astaghfirullah...

Another things for us to reflect, why Muslims do not celebrate Halloween?.
Firstly, it is a night of evil. There's no way for us to treat Satan nicely. Satan will forever be our no 1 enemy despite anything.
Secondly, Prophet Mohammed disliked begging. Solution: BE RICH! =)