Assalamualaikum my fellow readers, so I just got back from 'The holy grounds' of Mecca and I learned a few things there other than just praying and shopping. Just as the title says, there in Saudi Arabia, they apply Hudud laws to all their citizens. Meaning, if you kill someone, you'll probably be killed to. To those out there who does not entirely understand what I meant, I was saying that if you commit any crime, the punishment will be really heavy as to make the criminal finally stop what they are doing, strictly speaking, JAIL IS NOT ENOUGH! Plus, in jail they even feed you... Just as how our grandma would always say, "If you steal, I'll cut your hand!" literally. Okay, so here is a situation, what if the person stole because he/she was hungry to death? Will they lose their hand? No. So in any case, before you start punishing, you must first have witnesses that was there when it happened and the witness has to be more than one. Like I said before, you'll get killed yourself if you kill someone, so how will your death be? One way..(pic below)
Yup, OFF WITH YOUR HEADS WITH THAT SCYTHE! Okay, so that's about it on cutting heads. Now we move on to manners... I don't know about the other parts of Saudi Arabia but in Mecca and Medina, you should always give the 'salam' when entering the elevator/buying something/asking something. You don't go like,"hello! Excuse me!" you won't be heard. To my opinion it does sound a little bit rude with that specific tone xD Next, when in a conference or whenever you are talking to anyone, never ever sit like a boss(picture below)
-Basically, you can imagine it right?
If you could think logically, people there wears 'Jubah', so I don't think they'd be able to sit like that anyway.
Lastly, prayer times...and again, maybe it is because of Mecca that they did this but I like it. So, you are in a shopping mall when suddenly you heard an announcement saying something like,"we will be closing our shop now for solah..." yes, I repeat, MALL. Usually it would only be the small shops but not there. The whole shopping mall will immediately close down their shops for a while just as soon as the adhan summons and continue their daily business when they're done with their prayers.
It would be nice if all Islamic countries are like that...ini tak, kata negara islam tapi kilang arak terbesar kat situ. Haih semoga Allah memberi petunjuk dan jalan yang benar, ameen.
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