Monday (10/4/23) Faculty of Biology UGM held a recitation in the month of Ramadan. The recitation, which is one of the routine activities carried out by the Faculty of Biology UGM every month of Ramadan, this time takes the theme “Benefits of Fasting in a Scientific Perspective”. The recitation took place at the Al Hayat Mosque and was attended by all Lecturers, Education Staff, Dharma Wanita Persatuan, and Student representatives.
Furthermore, remarks were delivered from the Dean of the Faculty of Biology UGM, Prof. Dr. Budi S. Daryono, M.Agr.Sc. In his remarks Prof. Budi said that knowledge would be successful if faith and piety were increased. “The Faculty of Biology always holds lectures even during a pandemic. The purpose of this study is to fulfill our obligation as Muslims to continue learning to increase the sharpness of knowledge. Apart from that, it is also to increase friendship, hopefully with friendship our brotherhood with fellow Muslims will get stronger, “said Prof. Budi.
The speaker this time is Ustadz Noor Saif Muhammad Mussafi, S.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. He said that for fasting people there are two joys, when breaking the fast and meeting the Lord in the afterlife. “Tomorrow is a good deed that will be our provision,” said Ustadz Saif. Furthermore, he conveyed that fasting is actually a universal activity, it can be carried out by any community like the people before the Prophet. When fasting, we are actually learning self-control, controlling ourselves from excessive things. The recitation was closed with a prayer led by Ustadz Noor Saif Muhammad Mussafi, S.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. and continued breaking the fast with takjil provided by the committee.