Living in a Modern City         VS      Living in a Peaceful Village

Live is stay at a place for long time. People choose their place of living according to their neccesary. But, many people don’t really know the best place to live in. They choose to live in a place without considering positive and negative effects of living in that place.

City and village are two different choices. The modern city offers luxury lifestyle and peaceful village offers simple lifestyle. Both city and village have their own characteristics.

 The atmosphere of living in modern city and peaceful village is different. City is awlays busy. Everyone move from one place to other place to do their jobs, like going to school, to market, to office or to their workplaces. So, the roads become crowd. Traffic jam usually happens in the morning. Everywhere is vehicles and they make the air unfresh. In the village, the atmosphere is peace. Just a few people who go to their workplace by vehicles. Village people prefer to walk on foot, because the road is not really good. The society in village is not much as society in city. They don’t always go to their workplaces in the morning and they sometimes work in their house. So, the village is not busy. The air is still fresh.

City is the center of government. Many goverment offices are built there. Also, workplaces, offices and factories are built there. The number of society is not little. They always need to do their jobs and fulfill their necessary. So, many facilities are provided for them. Such as, hospital, school, market, mall, bank, etc. The facilities are reachable and located in the center of town. Different with city, just few facilities are provided in the village. Even, the village people must go to city for getting the facilities. Not only hard to reach city, it also takes time to go there.

Living in the city needs high cost living. The price of daily need is very expensive. It is equal with the competition of getting jobs. With the number of city society, it is very hard to all of them to get jobs. So, the competition becomes hard. But, in the village we need a low cost living. The price of daily need is cheap. It is because the village is provider of every natural resources.

Social interaction is an important thing for us as a social people. In the city, the spirit of togetherness is blurry. Some of them are selfish. They don’t care about others. It is different with the society in the village. They care about others and usually do some jobs together.

Choosing a living place is important thing. We must consider where to live before decide it. Between city and village have their positive and negative effects. Considering our peace feeling and our necessaries are good points to choose a living place.

Vegetarian in Islam perspective

Having a healthy lifestyle, fresh body, and beautiful appearance are everyone dream. Nowadays many people are willing to do anything to get the best quality of life. Some of them even do treatment and diet. People have many ways in doing treatment or diet. Some people do diet by doing sports, consume some medicine, and being a vegetarian. Since vegetarian has become trend in society, many people tend to choose become vegetarian for some reasons including for diet.

What is vegetarian?

Vegetarian is a technical term which was created in 1847. This term was used first time in England by Joseph Brotherton. It was formally used on 30^th September at that year. Before vegetarian is used formally, people called it “Pythagorean”. Vegetarian means that the people do not consume living thing like meat and fowl. They only consume plants like vegetables and fruits. Furthermore, there are three kinds of vegetarian those are lacto evo, lacto, and vegan. For lacto evo, people only consume vegetables, nut, egg and the product from milk. Lacto does not consume milk and even the product. Then vegan only consumes plants. They even oppose the using of product which is made from living thing like shoes, bag, and clothes.

The benefits and lacks of vegetarian

Since many people tend to choose vegetarian to be their diet, of course this has some benefits for people. Being vegetarian is believed able to reduce the risk of danger disease like cancer. It is also effective to less weight and cholesterol. Besides, the vegetarian will have smooth and fresh skin which will deliver beautiful appearance. But then, some research indicate that being vegetarian also dangerous for human health. People need zinc, calcium, iron, protein and vitamin for their health. The content of zinc is found much in kinds of animal. Then, 80% of calcium is from milk while 80% of iron is from egg and meat. So, vegetarian also has possibility to get some illness because lack of vitamin, protein, zinc, calcium and iron which is difficult found in plants.

Islam perspective of vegetarian

There are several reasons why people choose to be a vegetarian. Some of them being vegetarian because to improve their diet, while others do it because they are animal lover or to do go green. In Islam perspective, the propriety of being vegetarian will depend on the intention of the people. If it is for their goodness such as their health it will be good for them. Allah swt has said in Al Quran surah An-Nahl: 114.

“So eat of the good and lawful things which Allah has provided for you: and be grateful to Allah for his favors, if you are sincere in his worship”

The verse above clearly tells people to be grateful for what Allah swt has given. Since it is something good and allowed to consume in Islam, there is no prohibition to consume it.

Afterwards, some people become vegetarian because they claim their selves as animal lover. They oppose the consumption of living thing without exception. If people oppose the consumption of living thing for making product like shoes, bag, and clothes, it is such a good thing for go green. But then, if they oppose the consumption of living thing for eat, it is not right in Islam. Allah swt has said in Al Quran surah Al-Kautsar: 2.

“Therefore, offer Salah (prayer) to your lord and sacrifice”

And also in Al Quran surah Al-Hajj:36.

“We have included the sacrificial camels among the symbol of Allah, for there is much good for you in them. Therefore, pronounce the name of Allah over them while standing, and when they fall down on their sides after slaughter, then eat of their meat, fees the contented (poor who don’t ask). Thus we have subjected these animals to you so you may be grateful”

Both of the surah are delivered to command people to sacrifice with animals such as camel. The sacrifice is one of the symbols of people to be grateful for what Allah swt has given. To be grateful to Allah, Islamic people can do sacrifice by cut animal for sacrifice like camel, cow, or sheep. The sacrifice day is scheduled 4 days every year that is on 10, 11, 12 and 13 dzulhijjah.

In conclusion, being vegetarian is allowed as long as for health reason. People also should be careful for what they consume and what they need to consume for the sake of their health and be grateful for what Allah has given to them. Become an animal lover and organize go green is also good for better world and avoid global warming. But then, oppose the consumption of living thing is not right as long as that is allowed in Islam.

Source:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Qur’an in English Translation Complete based on the translation of F. Malik

An Approach to Life

I am walking up on a little path

running to pursue the sun

I am flying up sky

To reach my dreams beside stars

Life is a tower of love

To give, to understand

To keep, to bear

We can’t escape from bitterness of life

Life is like a journey

Like a trip, like a hunt

Like a travel

We always walk in that moment

To looking for what we want

To understand what the life is

To write and learn every experience which we got

I’m a hunter of God

Never tired to walk around the world

I’m still here,

Walking along the city that never sleeps

I’m still there,

Approaching to life...

Ayu Larasati is a student of English Education at Yogyakarta State University (UNY).

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