Mom told me not to smoke outside by the corridor then. It was past 7pm, the Maghrib hour.
She added on, that the Devil(s) would be lurking around outdoor, preying for misdeeds. Well, my instinct tolled over and assured her the sinning intended works of God should indeed be everywhere in the first place, even in our apartment.
Mom tried to continue with the fairy tales, again. With a grin at her, I walked out to the corridor, carefully closed the door in polite, and readied myself for any evil thoughts to be mind-fucked by the descendants of Shayṭān. None.
The Maghrib hour, is normally restrained to invite the practice of hoping prayer, thus the benevolence hush across town – not here in Singapore that is, but mostly effective for small villages or camps, especially during the Crusade.
The auspicious hour also restricts the movement of kids and women too, as claimed. Men, on the other hand, are mostly encouraged leave their house to perform their Maghrib prayer in the mosque.
One of the ideal fallacies would be as such:
For those who may not know, the sunrise (“first light”) and sunset (“last light”) hour which usually termed as ‘lazy hour’, would be an apt time for a (surprise) invasion attack. It is a time of most desired state for rest/sleep.
As I had mentioned Crusade, it is therefore a need to ensure an alert security across town, especially during such hour. Having a strategically and thus compulsory prayer at that time forces the inhabitants to stay awake, instead of sleeping over post-dinner.
While kids are kept indoor to prevent unnecessary mischievous move and noise, women are left along to look over the family while the men are out to increase the safeguard of the town, like patrol and sentry.
In the Army, we call this practice of full-alert as “Stand-to”.
i thought you wanted to stop smoking.
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Progressive lah, babe.
interesting, never knew about this.