22 Ramadhan, 1443
Went to Geylang this afternoon to pay our zakat at Darul Arqam, as is our custom. It was fairly busy in the locale and we were lucky to get a parking lot right on the road outside the Darul Arqam building with relative ease. It isn't quite the same as the Geylang of old in terms of bustling crowds in the fasting month, but it's getting there. Indeed, there was quite a queue for payment of zakat, another welcome sign of revival.
As always the payment of our dues brought with it a sense of completing something. A salutary reminder that the fast whilst deeply significant is not an end in itself and is by no means the whole story of the month.
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