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Fidyah (also romanized as fidya) is a religious donation of money or food made to help those in need.. Fidyah is made for fasts missed out of necessity, where the person is unable to make up for the fast afterwards – for example, if someone cannot fast for the required number of days due to ill health, pregnancy or of extreme age (old or young). [2]
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (), prayer (), reflection, and community. [11]
A badik or badek is a knife or dagger developed by the Bugis and Makassar people of southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Badik (ᨅᨉᨗ) or Kawali (ᨀᨓᨒᨗ) A badik is a knife with a specific form developed by the Bugis and Makassar. The Badik is sharp, single or double sided, and has a length of about half a meter.
The Makassar kings maintained a policy of free trade, insisting on the right of any visitor to do business in the city, and rejecting the attempts of the Dutch to establish a monopoly. [12] Makassar depended mainly on the Muslim Malay and Catholic Portuguese sailors communities as its two crucial economic assets. However the English East India ...
In Makassar language, the word Mamminasata means "expression of ideals, feelings, or hopes that are coveted for all of us". The national government regards the Makassar Metropolitan Area as including Makassar, Maros Regency, Gowa Regency, Takalar Regency, and Pangkajene Islands Regency. Pankajene Island is now included in the Metropolitan Area.
Gowa (Makassar language : ᨁᨚᨓ) is a regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.It has an area of 1,883.33 km 2 and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 census, [2] increasing to 765,836 at the 2020 census; [3] the official estimate at mid-2023 was 799,999 (comprising 396,130 males and 403,869 females). [1]
Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin (Alauddin State Islamic University) is a university located in Makasar, South Sulawesi.The name Alauddin originates from the name of the first king of the Gowa Sultanate who converted to Islam, changed his name to Alauddin and made Islam as the sultanate's official religion.
Fort Rotterdam is a 17th-century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.It is a Dutch fort that was built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom.The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan around 1634, to counter Dutch encroachments.