It is compulsory on the full month of Ramadan and voluntarily on other days of the year as, for example, every Monday and Thursday, the 9th and 10th on the month of ZuElhejja for those not on hajj, and the three middle days of each Hijra calendar month.
Ramadan
the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from dawn to sunset.
No, it is not permissible to have sex during Ramadan while fasting from dawn until sunset.
The daily fasting period is the day time from Dawn to sunset. Through this period you are not allowed to eat, drink, smoke, or to practice intercourse sex. After sunset, it is necessary to break the fasting by drinking, eating, and/or any other activities you do during the normal not fasting days.
Yes, a Muslim can eat during the night from sunset until just before dawn
Adult, sane, healthy Muslims must fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Islamic fasting means refraining from eating, drinking, and marital intimacy between dawn and sunset. The ill and travelers are excused from fasting, but must make up the days they missed later in the year. Those who are permanently unable to fast may buy food to feed the poor, instead.
Muslims can eat before the Fajr prayer (dawn) and after the Maghrib prayer (sunset) during the fasting month of Ramadan. This means that the pre-dawn meal (suhoor) should be consumed before Fajr prayer time, and the evening meal (iftar) is eaten after the Maghrib prayer at sunset.
Muslims wake up an hour or two before dawn and eat. Then they fast until the sun sets. They then break their fast. Contrary to some beliefs, Muslims do not "pig out" all night, then sleep all day. Muslims rest at night just as usual, and may take a nap or two during the day to keep their strength up.
During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn until sunset, abstaining from food, drink, smoking, and intimate relations. The guidelines for fasting include the intention to fast, refraining from sinful behavior, and breaking the fast with dates and water at sunset.
The month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong).
Muslims can eat before dawn and after sunset during Ramadan, which is a month-long fasting period in the Islamic calendar.
they believe it the 5 pillars of islam--shahada, salat (prayer), zakah(charity), hajj (pilgrimage), sawm (fasting) they pray 5 times a day-1 before dawn, 2 noon, 3 evening/afternoon, 4 before sunset. 5 after sunset modesty is big --physically and mentally