All Muslims must fast during the month of Ramadan, unless you're not Muslim you should be fasting.
The amount of kaffara for not fasting during Ramadan is typically feeding 60 needy people or fasting for 60 consecutive days.
the first revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad
Some common questions about Ramadan that people often ask include: What is Ramadan? Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan? What are the rules and guidelines for fasting during Ramadan? How do Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan?
It is the doorway into Paradise through which people whose fasting during Ramadan was perfect will enter Paradise
"Ramadan is the month in which people of the Islamic religion fast" "My friend is Muslim and during the month of Ramadan she fasts" People also tend to say: "He's celebrating Ramadan" Obviously people who are aware of what Ramadan is know that you are referring to the fasting but just to be clear Ramadan is the MONTH of which they fast (the ninth month on the Islamic Calendar).
Ramadan has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is a month of fasting where you may only eat before dawn and after the sun goes down.
Fasting during Ramadan is extremely significant because it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The other four include Salat, Shahadah, Hajj and Zakat. Fasting as a Pillar is called Sawm. During the 30 days of Ramadan, Muslims who have reached at least the age of 7, or a capable age, are required to keep some of the fasts, if not all. People who are more stable are required to keep all.
The observation of fasting during Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, has been a long-standing practice for Muslims, including in 1935. Fasting during this month is a fundamental religious duty intended to foster spiritual growth, self-discipline, and empathy for those in need. The number 42 does not specifically relate to Ramadan or fasting; instead, Muslims fast from dawn until sunset, abstaining from food and drink to deepen their faith and connection to God during this holy month.
Then he or she is required by his religion to make up any missed days of fasting before the next Ramadan. Pre-pubescent children, the sick, the insane, the disabled, the infirm, the elderly, people who are travelling, and women who are menstruating, pregnant, or breast-feeding are all exempt from fasting during Ramadan, but many of them do it anyway, out of piety and as an exercise in self-discipline.
its to celebrate the end of ramadan, the fasting month. during this time people go to other peoples houses and have food and give food and invite people. its kind of like christmas. In Islam two annual occasions are celebrated as Id. They are the occasion of end of Ramadan (the month of fasting) and Hajj (or Islam Pilgrim) days.
Some sects say that you have to fast after some day after Ramadan instead of the day that you broke fasting. Some sects say that you have to fast for 61 days (60 for the punishment, 1 for the day that you broke fasting) after Ramadan.
Then the fasting is not done! It doesn't count like that! In order to make you're fasting count then you have to start fasting during Fajr time. End at Maghrib time. Few people don't know how to fast!... Happy Ramadan Sep 1 - 30 / 2008