H's enthusiasm wasn't as sprightly as his sisters with regards to fasting. He tried it the first day and when he realized that it wasn't as fun as it sounded, he refused to fast the next day. Every night I would ask them,
"Who wants to fast tomorrow?"
Whoever raises their hand or pipes "Me!" would be woken up for suhoor.
After a while it seemed that H refused to fast almost every day and I started to think that maybe I should coax him gently into it without letting him off the hook that easily. So I told him that he can fast some days and not fast on others. He agreed.
yesterday at 2 pm he came crawling to my room. I asked him,
"What's up?" already knowing the answer, and he replied,
"I'm hungry."
"Well, you can tahan or you can break your fast. It's up to you," thinking that maybe he would hold it out till the end.
When I got downstairs, he was happily chomping into a cookie.
"Did you break your fast?"
"Yeah," he said rather jauntily.
"Eat some dates," I said.
Today, I coaxed him to fast again and told him that he can do half or 3/4 day if he wants. He agreed. 4 pm today, he was still fasting, sitting on the couch watching TV. I went up to him, hugged him and commended him on keeping his fast, all the while saying,
"Allah will be so pleased, and will give you lots of reward."
I went back upstairs. A while later he came up to my bed and I asked him,
"What's up?"
"I'm hungry," was his reply, as expected.
"Well, you can break your fast or you can tahan. It's up to you," I said, caressing his weary face.
"But I want Allah's reward," he said, sending jitters up my spine. Jitters of joy.
"Well, let's see. You have two more hours till iftar time. Maybe you can sleep. That way you won't feel that hungry," I suggested.
"But I need a warm blanket to sleep," he said.
I almost broke out laughing, but abstained from even smiling, as he would probably get mad if i did.
"Do we have warm blankets downstairs?" I asked.
"Yes," he nodded and proceeded to go downstairs like a good little boy.
Ahhh.......H and fasting.
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My son is so determined to puasa this year. One time, 3 days in a row I cud not manage to pursuade him wake-up for sahor. Was worried that he cudn't stand as he didn't eat much either during iftar. Everyday I called frm office & he told me that he continue with fasting. He's 9 years old this year. Big improvement from last year. Maybe bcoz dia dah sunat last July and felt that it is shame on him if he did not hit for full puasa...kids with their own mind! BTW, we have the same approach of making kid decide for themselves. During my time dulu, strategy upah RM1/day for puasa. This don't work for my son.
hehehehe...yeah...for some reason i didn't even try the upah strategy. my son pun dah sunat heheh but takde rasala cam kat msia lps sunat rasa cam dah besar. ni pun silap tak sunat dia masa baby...terlambat skit heheh amazing how kids semngt nak puasa kan...subhanallah
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