Tech as a facilitator of Community Engagement and Spiritual reflection during Ramadan

Durdanah Masoodi — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:51:40 +0000

With the emergence of technology, many aspects of life have been reshaped profoundly.

But as soon as advanced technology started to influence society dynamically, it became hard to identify sectors that were not facilitated by it, either directly or indirectly. Tech has left its stamp almost everywhere. Ranging from communication, education, medicine, and many other fields. The most lucid feature provided by technology is its customization capacity. That means technology is at your service, you have to utilize expertise from IT companies to customize any service per your requirements.

In this blog, we will try to explore how Tech can support the two mentioned important

activities during the month of Ramadan, let us figure out:

The month of Ramadan engages the entire Muslim community in various worship acts. The essence is strengthened by activities such as an increase in community engagement

and spiritual reflection. Activities of Life nowadays cannot be isolated from the

technological boom, so rather than analyzing them separately, let’s see them together.

Tech as Facilitator of Community Engagement: The month of Ramadan is accompanied by a rise in community engagement. This is obvious due to people being more involved in worshipping acts. And the most involved time for this is the five congregational prayers. It does not mean that during the alternate months, people are not there, rather we only mean to convey that the crowd during this month is more. Having an idea about numbers, let us see how tech can be placed here.

● Emails, messages, or group calls are some vital benefits of technology for people. Their utility can reinforce community engagement by scheduling texts/meetings for the community’s good. Automated Alarms can help in structuring prayer times. The absence of people may no longer be an issue because group voice calls or video calls may be scheduled to conduct conversations on any emerging community issue. All this will facilitate people-to-people contact and bind the community.

● The herculean schedules do not allow communities to identify the needy easily, especially during this month. Because that determination requires an inclusive decision on behalf of community members, Tech can be a wholesome solution to this. Having access to mobile phones can aid this process by hosting meetings or creating groups online, wherein discussion on the said issue can be concluded. There may no longer be

any need to wait for weeks together for one member and the other, apart from the

unnecessary wait of members, which also leads to delays in the distribution of financial

aid among deserving members. This was at a collective level. At an individual level also,

the charity that one is obliged to pay as per Islamic ruling called ‘Zakat’ can be facilitated by tech. Since contemporary times are called cashless and contactless, an individual who has to pay Zakat to any deserving individual can do so by various methods such as UPI, Paytm, scanner method, etc. This will ensure two things, one the accurate amount reaches the deserving person on time, and secondly, it fosters the power of doing good and not making hu-ha of it. Also, it strengthens bonds among interactive members, because often payment through physical means may not be an ideal option for numerous reasons, in that

sense if it’s done through an online method, it satisfies the receiver and sender, and the

former the more.

Tech as a facilitator for Spiritual reflection: The month of Ramadan allows individuals to extract many benefits for their personality development. One such benefit is the spiritual improvement. Due to the sacredness of the month the Muslim community across

the globe gets involved in various activities aimed to strengthen their relationship with their Lord. This spiritual reflection may be attained by various means, but we will explore how Tech can aid this process:

● Technology has made the world a small place. You can access online anything on the

internet in a jiffy of seconds. As a matter of the month of Ramadan, spiritual reflection

can be aided by numerous online lectures given by experts and scholars. Some

influencing lectures and discussions can be accessed at channels/websites such as

Bayyinah, Ummatics, Yaqeen, and many others. These channels run throughout the year but host new series every Ramadan. The experts involved are highly knowledgeable and give lectures on numerous topics that can prove highly beneficial to our spiritual

improvement.

● Mobile phones are the constant item in our pockets. Every ten minutes, you look at

your phone, meaning whatever is on screen, scrolling, texts, emails, etc does impact your mind. So during Ramadan why not initiate a set-up change for this handy gadget? You

can do so by changing your wallpaper and lock screen to some relatable theme, whichever attracts you to the sacred month. You can also get an email subscription, or

newsletter subscription, to various channels or companies that produce quality Ramadan content acting as reminders. The subscription may also aware you about event information that you can access online. Since Google based on your search history, recommends you things, it may prove highly beneficial, because rather than getting unnecessary pop-up messages at the top of your phone, you may get something more

worthy. Lastly, you may create WhatsApp groups among your friends where authentic information about the month, its importance, etc is shared, this will add to your knowledge and indirectly impact your mind. All these small steps taken on this small gadget together, will yield positive benefits for you and support your spiritual reflection and improvement.

● At an institute or company level, you may also want the set-up change. You may require images, designs, logos, business cards, etc to reflect the essence of Ramadan. Because the workspace has a profound impact on our mental framework. We ask you not to worry about it anymore because as an IT team, Acmo Network can facilitate you in this task through our Branding & Graphics Services. We can design and curate to-the–point graphics for you.

Conclusion

The bottom line one can say is that the emergence of Technology is a matter of usage. We may not have been even able to relate how the commitment to spiritual improvement is linked with Tech, but deep analysis says we can. The various aspects that are run through

technology and are available to users via the Internet can aid the spiritual journey. If you require any customizable application that you think can aid your Ramadan activities such as community engagement and spiritual reflection in this case, then our IT company may prove a reliable option for you. Discuss your ideas with us, and together we can decide how to take it forward. Acmo Network promises to be your credible IT partner, that can get ineffable results on the table.

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