Pesantren Ramadan, 20-21 May 2019

Once again we have been really blessed to experience Ramadan this year. As all the muslims around the world prepare the festivity of Ramadan, our school has also prepared some meaningful annual event for all students, teachers, staffs, and parents. This year Pesantren Ramadhan was held on May 20-21,2019. Students has been challenged to experience full Ramadhan experience in 2-day and  1-night full of activities. Prior to the events, all students (primary, secondary, and DC) had collected Rp 41,826,000 charity money.

On the first day of Pesantren Ramadhan, students alongside with Ittihada, ran a Charity Preloved Bazaar at MHIS parking lot. Many preloved goods, such as clothes, hijab, shoes, water bottles, lunchboxes, etc were being sold in cheap prices, ranging from Rp 5,000 to Rp 20,000.  Since early in the morning, they had prepared the event by stacking all the goods and arranged them according to their prices. At 8:30 sharp, the line was opened and all people from surroundings MHIS who were already wait in line since 8.00 flooded the parking lot. However before they can buy the products they must exchanged their money with coupons, which will serve as their medium of purchasing their desired preloved goods. This three-hour event has run smoothly as hundreds of goods has been sold and collected Rp 11,075,000. All the profits from Charity Preloved Bazaar were given to widows, dhuafa, and yatim.

Right after the Charity Bazaar has ended, eleven secondary students gathered at Musholla Al-Majid for Sima’an Juz 29 recitation. Each student had their own portion in memorising surah while the rest of the students listened and corrected them if needed. The students responsible for the Sima’an were Farrel (Grade 9) for Al-Mulk, Kia (Grade 7) for Al-Qalam, Naufal (Grade 9) for Al-Haqqah, Hagy (Grade 8) for Al-Ma’arij, Egan (Grade 8) for Nuh, Sultan (Grade 8) for Al-Jin, Mizard (Grade 7) for Al-Muzzammil, Fardan (Grade 7) for Al-Mudatsir, Kalisya (Grade 7) for Al-Qiyamah, Kyra (Grade 7) for Al-Insan, and Audy (Grade 7) for Al-Mursalat. Following Sima’an, students Pray Dhuhr and got kajian with Ustad Fuad Na’im about caring for others then continued the event by preparing Takjil On The Road for the boys and pudding making for the girls.

Before the first day of Iftar started, secondary students had more activities that  they need to participate. Students were assigned into three locations and were given three different responsibilities, such as:  Takjil On The Road, Delivering Ramadhan Hampers to Masjid Lio, and Iftar Preparation at School. Several students went to Kebayoran Residence Junction to distribute takjil to motorbike riders while some of them were distributing the takjil in front of MHIS. For Masjid Lio’s team, several students from both secondary regular and DC went to Masjid Lio to give some hampers as a thankful gestures as Masjid Lio has been frequently used by MHIS for male students for Friday Prayer. Meanwhile, some of the students were also responsible in preparing iftar foods and snacks at school. All these three activities were the final activities before the students will have Iftar.

At 5:48 sharp, the azan was heard and everyone was ready to break their fast with water and light snacks. All students, teachers, and staffs continued to Pray Maghrib. After praying, students had their Iftar (full meal) and continued their Taraweeh prayer. They ended the first day which is full of activities by night snacking and sleeping  early for there were still many meaningful activities waiting on the following day.

Day two started very early. Students woke up at 1:30 in the morning and started their I’tikaf  at 2 AM sharp at Masjid As-Shaff Bintaro. During I’tikaf, students prayed Tahajjud and read Quran. Then they ate suhoor and prayed Subuh at Masjid As-Shaff. Following the I’tikaf activity, they came back to school to clean up and rest.

Sembako Distribution became the next activity on the second day. The event started with an opening speech from Yayasan and Ittihada then followed by a symbolic sembako hand-over from Yayasan to Dhuafa and Yatim. For this year Sembako Distribution, there were 350 sembako packages collected from parents which were distributed to Yatim for 100 packages and 250 packages for Dhuafa and Widows. The three hours activity faced no significant problems as students directly and actively help making sure the event run smoothly.

After the Sembako distribution ended, students gathered in Musholla Al-Majid for Muroja’ah while waiting for Dhuhr prayer. Moreover, students had time for a quick nap before the two last activities in 2019 Pesantren Ramadhan which were End Of Year Tasyakur and Iftar Jama’i.

Year End Tasyakur began at about 15:15 right after Asr Prayer. The event was opened by the secondary students performances showcasing their Quran skill. The first performance started with Kyra (Grade 7) and Kalisya (Grade 7) who read some verses with their translation.

The next performance was delivered by Tahfiz students (Egan, Kyra, Adit, Sultan, Kalisya, Naia, Farrel, Naufal) demonstrated their skills memorising all 114 Surah names in Quran. For the last performance, Sultan, Kia, and Hagy memorised Juz 29. They were challenged to guess the surah names, and continued the surah as well as performed it in front of the teachers, staffs, students, and parents. After the secondary performances, all students got kajian by Ustad Gus Arifin about caring and understanding about Allah’s creations. The activity continued by breaking the fast with water and light snacks and prayed Maghrib together at Musholla Al-Majid. Following Salat Jama’i, all students, teachers, staffs, and parents gathered in front cateria and small field area for Iftar Jama’i. All the foods and beverages were provided by the Ittihada and school. Iftar Jama’i became the last official activity for this year Pesantren Ramadhan.

All in all, Pesantren Ramadhan had become one of most memorable event on this school year. Students can participate all the meaningful activities and experienced it firsthand. This event will be great learning point not only for students but also for teachers, staffs, and parents.