JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Istiqlal Mosque, Central Jakarta, prepares thousands of rice boxes per day to break the fast with lines for Muslims.
“There are 4,500, 5,500, and 6,500 boxes every Monday-Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as well as Sunday at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta,” said Chairman of the Amaliyah Committee of the Istiqlal Mosque, Mas’ud Halimin when met when met Kompas.com at the location, Sunday (2/3/2025).
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If you plan to take a free iftar at the Istiqlal Mosque, you can refer to the following tips.
Tips for Getting Fast Fasting at the Istiqlal Mosque
1. Come before Asr
Muslims are waiting for the time to break the fast at the Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Monday (3/3/2025). The Istiqlal Mosque provides free food to be given to residents during the month of Ramadan.According to monitoring Kompas.com At the location, the number of people who came to break the fast at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta exceeded the Boks rice quota.
Box rice is distributed one by one to the people who line up neatly in the corridor and giant terrace of the mosque by volunteers.
Mas’ud said, the number of people who came often exceeded the availability of boxes of rice, especially itikaf at the Istiqlal Mosque in the last 10 days of Ramadan.
Thus, if you want to get a free iftar menu at the Istiqlal Mosque, you should come before Asr.
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Immediately go up the top floor of the mosque. You can pray in the main prayer room of the Istiqlal Mosque, then shift to the large terrace area of the mosque.
The volunteers will direct the people to fill the empty corridor area available before breaking the fast.
This was done to facilitate the distribution of the iftar menu at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta.
The mosque corridor starts full at around 17.00 WIB. If so, people are directed to fill part of a giant terrace area.
2. Take one rice box and drink per person
Boks Rice Break Fasting Together at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Sunday (2/3/2025):Respect mosque staff by not moving places when they have got a position in the mosque corridor area.
Furthermore, when food is distributed one by one, take as needed, namely one rice box and one bottle of drinking water per person so that all worshipers can enjoy the iftar menu together.
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3. Buy the iftar menu at the Ramadan bazaar
Officers distributed free food to Muslims who were waiting for the time to break the fast at the Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Monday (3/3/2025). The Istiqlal Mosque provides free food to be given to residents during the month of Ramadan.If you come tight and don’t get rice box from the mosque, you can buy the iftar menu at the Ramadhan Bazaar of the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta.
A variety of choices of snacks, ice, and heavy meals for breaking the fast are sold starting at Rp. 5,000.
You can break the fast in the hall of the Istiqlal Mosque or come into inside and maintain cleanliness. Dispose of food trash in available trash.
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