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Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and is a time when Muslims exhibit self-control and fast from sunrise to sunset for the whole month. Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, sexual activities, and any bad acts, learning patience, modesty, and spirituality in the process.
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Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.
During Ramadan when do Muslims pray?
At sunrise, noon (12-1), afternoon(3-5), dawn(sunset), night time (8-11). It kind of depends where you live and the times are always changing by about 2 minutes.
Are Muslims the only ones who celebrate Ramadan?
Yes. Even Islam-derived religions like Druze, Baha'i, and Sikhism do not celebrate Ramadan.
If a person considers Ahmadis to be non-Muslims, then the answer changes to No since Ahmadis do observe Ramadan. However, there is much controversy over whether Ahmadis are or are not Muslims by different people.
During Ramadan, Muslims break their fast at sunset. The month itself is based on the lunar calendar, so it ends on a different day each year (a lunar year is 11 days shorter than a solar year).
Who usually prepares the food for Ramadan?
the person who prepares the food for Ramadan is the ladies / mum
Who is entitled to be given zakat ulfitr or zakah al fitr?
It is best that it be given one or two days before the 'Id prayer, meaning that it should be given on the twenty-ninth day of Ramadan onwards; al-Bukhari records, 'They would give Zakah al-Fitr a day or two before the feast of end of the fast (called in Arabic Id al ditr)
Where do people celebrate Ramadan?
This may or may not be right but in class at school it was said because if you know that a prophet fasted for a long period of time, so to remember the story Muslims fast to and gain rewards, etc. At the end of Ramadan there is Eid, a religious celebration, where you have a big banquet!
Ramadan is celebrated wherever there are Muslims who wish to celebrate it.
How do muslums break their fast during Ramadan how is the end or Ramadan celebrated?
Muslims only fast while the sun is up during the month of Ramadan. All other times they can eat, drink, etc.
Where and when did Ramadan start?
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.
Why do people even celebrate Ramadan?
Ramadan is a holy month to the Muslims. They fast in this month to remember that God - Allah, has blessed them with so much and to feel the pain of those who go hungry everyday.
Can Muslims eat on fridays during Ramadan?
Praise be to Allaah.
The ruling on singling out Friday for fasting is detailed here for you.
It was proven in al-Saheehayn in the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, 'None of you should fast on a Friday unless he fasts the day before or the day after.'" (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1849, Muslim, 1929). Muslim narrated in his Saheeh that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "Do not single out the night of Jumu'ah [i.e., Thursday night] from among other nights for praying qiyaam al-layl, and do not single out Friday from among other days for fasting, unless it is a fast that one of you regularly observes." (al-Siyaam, 1930)
In al-Saheeh it was narrated from Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered upon her on a Friday when she was fasting. He asked her, "Did you fast yesterday?" She said, "No." He asked, "Are you going to fast tomorrow?" She said, "No." He said, "Then break your fast." Hammaad ibn al-Ja'd said, "I heard Qutaadah say, Abu Ayyoob told me that Juwayriyah spoke to him and he told her to stop her fast and she did so." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Sawm, 1850).
Ibn Qudaamah said: "It is makrooh to single out the day of Friday for fasting, unless that coincides with a fast which one usually observes, such as a person who fasts alternate days, and a day that he fasts coincides with Friday, or a person who has the habit of fasting on the first or last day of the month, or the middle day of the month." (al-Mughni, vol. 3, p. 53)
Al-Nawawi said: "Our companions (i.e. the Shaafa'is) said: it is makrooh to single out the day of Friday for fasting, but if one joins it with the day before or the day after, or it coincides with a day which he habitually fasts, or he vowed to fast the day that his sick loved one was cured, or the day So and so returns, and that day happens to be a Friday, then it is not makrooh (al-Majmoo' Sharh al-Muhadhdhab, vol. 6, p. 479)
Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "The Sunnah says that it is makrooh to single out Rajab for fasting, and it is makrooh to single out Friday (for fasting)." (al-Fataawa al-Kubra, vol. 6, p. 180)
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: "As for Friday, it is not Sunnah to fast on this day, and it is makrooh to single it out for fasting." (See al-Sharh al-Mumti', vol. 6, p. 465)
Excluded from this prohibition is one who fasts the day before or after, or if it coincides with days that he habitually fasts, such as one who fasts al-Ayyaam al-Beed (the 13th, 14th and 15th of each hijri month), or who has the habit of fasting a specific day such as the Day of 'Arafat, and it coincides with a Friday. From this it may be understood that it is permissible for a person who has vowed to fast on the day when So and so returns, for example, or the day when So and so recovers from sickness, to observe that fast if that day happens to be a Friday. (See Fath al-Baari by Ibn Hajar).
The same applies to one who has fasts to make up from Ramadaan. "It is permissible for a Muslim to fast on a Friday to make up a day from Ramadaan, even if he fasts the Friday on its own." (Fatwa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, vol. 10, p. 347)
Similarly, if 'Ashoora' or Arafaat coincides with a Friday, he may fast, because his intention is to fast 'Ashoora' or 'Arafaat, not to fast on a Friday. And Allaah is the Source of strength.
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Why do they celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri?
Hari Raya Puasa is also commonly known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri. In Malay the word Hari Raya means 'A Day Of Celebration' and Puasa derives from Sanskrit meaning 'fasting or abstention'. Hari Raya Puasa means'great day of fasting' or in actual sense 'the festival marking the end of a period of fasting'. Hari Raya Puasa is popularly known as Eid Ul Fitr. Hari Raya Puasa marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.
Why are there restrictions on the times food can be eaten during Ramadan?
Because it it is the month of blessing
Why is the month of Ramadan significant to Muslims?
The holy month of Ramadan is the Islamic month during which the holy Quran started descending on prophet Mohammad (May god's peace and blessing be upon him) by God through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril).
In this month the rate or amount of good work you do is increased hoping God more rewarding. People are more motivated to give charities and other good deeds. They are looking, by their fasting, to be rewarded by God forgiveness and satisfaction.
In addition,
- The most important benefit of fasting is obedience to ALLAH (God) commanded us to fast the whole month of Ramadan. This is the fourth pillar of Islam five pillars.
- Second, it leads to spiritual self purification and full submission to ALLAH (God).
- Third, it is a motivation not to approach what is prohibited to be done by religion. If you used, during fasting, to forbid yourself from eating food, drinking, doing sex with your partner of marriage (things that are allowed out of fasting) then you will be used to forbid yourself from doing what is prohibited to be done as drinking Alcohol, gambling, prostitution, cheating, etc...
- Fourth, you will have closer feeling with the poor suffering and you will be more tending to give donations and charities to those who need.
Muslims must fast in Ramadan unless they haven an excuse (too old or too young, sick, on travel....., etc.)
It is permissible for a pregnant or nursing woman to fast in Ramadan?
A pregnant woman is allowed not to fast during Ramadan if the physician finds that fasting would affect her pregnancy and harm her child due to refraining herself from eating the necessary nutritional foods. However, she should compensate for not these days by fasting the same number of days but after giving birth, and before the next Ramadan, if she could make it. If she can't fast for medical reasons or for feeding the baby which requires not be fasting, then she should pay for the poor as a charity full day meals for each day not be fasted.
What is a benefit of fasting during Ramadan?
To prove your faith or resolve by undergoing something that is very difficult and painful
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is lunar based and is months begin at the first crescent of a new moon. Ramadan begins the ninth new moon of the Islamic year.
How do you read the quran during Ramadan?
If you can get to a mosque, you attend taravi each evening where it is read to you , split over the whole month of Ramzan
What month of Ramadan how long?
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset every day for the full month of Ramadan. Ramadan is itself the name of a month in the Islamic Calendar. As the Islamic Calendar has only 354 days in its year, the month of Ramadan does not stay consistent with one Gregorian month. This year, Ramadan falls roughly within the Gregorian month of July, but has been within every month from January to December.
What do Muslims drink during Ramadan?
they drink water, milk, juice, tea, coffee, but they do not and can not drink alcohol or wine.
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all kinds of drinks except: alcohols, blood, and any other harmful drinks.
When did Ramadan end this year in the US?
Ramadan 2015 began in the evening of Wednesday, June 17and ends in the evening of Friday, July 17
Pictures of five pillars of Islam?
The pillars of Islam are not a physical thing that can be touched or photographed. Rather all the five pillars are a set of five obligatory things that each Muslim must do. These form the basis of Islam and are hence called the pillars. There is no physical structure by the name of Pillar of Islam.
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