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Morning of 'Eid is a very precious time for me.
My dad has
trained us all to wake up super duper early regardless of whatever time
we slept the night before, then my mum would take us for our ghusl bath
for Eid, we would wear our new Eid clothes and eat some dates before
leaving for the masjid for Eid prayers.
But there is one very important and beautiful tradition Malaysians do
during Eid. That is asking for forgiveness from our loved ones.
For my family, we do that before we leave for Solat Eid-ul Fitri. Some families do it after the prayers.
My parents would seek forgiveness from one another, and my siblings
would seek forgiveness from our parents and from one another too. We
would hug, kiss and tears of regret and love will fall too.
It
is what we call kosong kosong moment, which means zero zero. It
literally means I bear no grudges against you and I forgive you if you
have hurt me etc totally (zero) and you too, hold no grudges against me
and you forgive me totally (zero).
That is why the Eid greetings
in Malaysia is 'Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin'. Selamat Hari Raya
is Eid Mubarak. Maaf means sorry. Zahir is physical which means what you
can see And Batin is non physical which means what you cannot see.
Beautiful, isn't it?
And this Eid as I continue to teach Tariq
this beautiful tradition, after he asked for forgiveness from me, I
added a 15 seconds elevator speech of how much we love him, that he is
Anak Soleh who loves to pray and read Quran, that he is a good boy who
loves Allah, Prophet Muhammad, Mama and Baba. That we want him to
continue to be kind to people, help the poor, love the animals, keep
reading books etc etc.
And we end it with a big hug, with him
patting my back, which is quite funny actually. As if he is saying to
me, now now Mama... Don't cry... Keep yourself together.. Huhu
What to do Tariq.. Your Mama is easily smonel..
*These two pictures are the first picture Tariq's Baba ever snapped
without being asked to do so. That makes it super special for me. Thanks
darling for capturing this precious moment 
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