“O you who believe (Muslims)! When the call is proclaimed for the Salat (prayer) on the day of Friday (Jumah prayer), come to the remembrance of Allah (Jumuah religious talk (Khutbah) and Salat (prayer)) and leave off business (and every other thing), that is better for you if you did but know!” Holy Quran.
The holy day in the week for Muslims is Friday. When the Adhan is recited on this day, Muslims from every part of Lebanon meet in many mosques and pray together and many stores are closed. The number of mosques is very big, but the number os believers are bigger. As you can see in the photo people praying in the streets.
While I was living in Brazil, I’ve never seen something like this. It is very nice to observe these public acts of worship, where people are mentally transported to another world at least for a while. Praying with them or just looking, making you feel somehow this spirituality, which every Friday repeats.
Another curious thing to look is the different places where Muslims pray, it can be in the beach, in the mountain, or any other place, when its time to pray they just pray wherever they are. It is very interesting how they abandon this life for some moments, interrupting any other thing that they were doing before.
In addition to different places, is also very interesting to note, religious acts together, even if these are charged separately. Looking out the window the other windows, seeing each different house with each different person praying in the same direction at about the same schedule.
As a set of invisible energy on our souls, forces that we do not see but we might feel.
I am not saying that Lebanon is a place of Saints, they are far from it, we are far from it, but maybe a place where they try to be close to God wherever and whenever.
