War Takjil Phenomenon In Ramadan 1445 H, The Form Of Tolerance But Don't Be Nazir

Illustration of the crowd of motorcyclists while hunting takjil in the month of Ramadan. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA This year's Ramadan was enlivened by trends on social media related to non-Muslim communities who were enthusiastic about hunting takjil. This action of fighting over snacks to break the fast was later known as wartakjil.

Takjil does not actually mean food. In the Big Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), the word takjil actually means accelerating breaking the fast. This word is rooted in the word 'ajila' in Arabic which has a meaning. Thus, takjil means an order to move fasting.

However, I don't know when the word used to order people to move for breaking the fast has actually shifted its meaning to the opening food when Maghrib arrived. Regarding the opening food, usually people start it with various light snacks such as various fried foods, rice cake, fried noodles, kolak, and so on.

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Hunting for the opening food, which was later called takjil, had been done by Indonesian Muslims for a long time. Usually they start looking for chili snacks waiting for the Maghrib call to prayer.

However, hunting takjil is now becoming more lively because of the viral 'wartakjil' phenomenon on social media, even according to a number of netizens, wartakjil managed to beat the excitement of the concert journalist.

Wartakjil is simply a takjil struggle between Muslims and non-Muslims. But obviously this is not a fight in the negative sense, because this phenomenon actually becomes funny on social media.

"Fasting this year is wartakjil across religions," said the owner of the @Mike account.

"About religion, we are tolerant, but about our takjil first," said Pastor Steve Marcel Saerang in a video that went viral on social media.

Even Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar also did not want to miss enlivening the odd. The number one pair was known to have participated in the takjil war on Wednesday (20/3/2024) before the announcement of the results of the 2024 presidential election by the General Elections Commission.

This interfaith takjil ferburian phenomenon received a response from Professor of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Airlangga (Unair) Prof. Dr. Bagong Suryanto. According to him, this moment can strengthen the bonds of brotherhood of religious communities.

"If Muslims buy takjil mostly for personal consumption. If non-Muslims buy takjil other than for personal consumption, some are distributed to people who fast," he said, quoted on Unair's official website.

"I see this phenomenon as a form of harmonious action between religious communities," he said.

Although considered a blessing of Ramadan for traders, ulama reminded Muslims not to make takjil war a place to overdo shopping to prepare iftar.

This was expressed by the Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for Da'wah and Ukhuwah KH Cholil Nafis. He appreciated the cohesiveness of Muslims and non-Muslims in hunting takjil, but appealed not to be trapped in excessive behavior that is prohibited in Islam.

"I understand that wartakjil is about to buy a meal to break the fast and if our non-Muslim brothers also want to enjoy it, it's part of the blessings of Ramadan," said Cholil, quoted by Antara.

"What must be remembered is that the preparation of breaking the fast should not be excessive. Because if we talk too much, let alone fasting, not too much," he added.

Furthermore, according to Cholil, people who are still only thinking about breaking up meals such as the fast of ordinary people, who only leave food and drink, can't leave the waste.

In fact, the prohibition of being wasteful or wasteful is stated in a fragment of Al-Isra's letter paragraph 26, which means it reads, 'Don't waste (hartam) wastefully'.

Cholil explained that breaking the fast without being too much is one of the characteristics of people whose fast reaches a very special level or level. The example for breaking the fast without being excessive has been exemplified by Nabu Muhammad SAW who is used to breaking the fast only with dates, as hasith narrated by Anas bin Malik.

In addition, Islam also teaches us to stop eating before we are full. It applies both when breaking the fast and in general situations," Cholil said again.

"It shows that we must not overdo it. Because we will not eat until we are too full, then we do not need to overdo it when preparing to open or take the takjil war," he concluded.