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Just a reminder Ramadan will soon be upon us. Let us enter this Ramadan with the deepest of Emaan. Let us pass through this sacred month free from conflict and avoid all unnecessary disagreements.
Let us avoid posting any contoversy or replying to controversial topics during this Holy Month.
Woodrow, May the blessings of Ramadan be upon you and all my Muslim Brothers and Sisters, may peace be upon the world as we're all children of the Creator. osay
Woodrow, May the blessings of Ramadan be upon you and all my Muslim Brothers and Sisters, may peace be upon the world as we're all children of the Creator. osay
The Messenger of Allah Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to break his fast with fresh dates before praying.
If there were no fresh dates, then with dried dates,
and if there were no dried dates, then with a few sips of water.
Woodrow, what hours of the day do Muslims fast during Ramadan? We Jews just concluded a 25-hour fast last night (for Tish B'Av), and I got to thinking about the Muslims who I know are doing day-time fasts right now. If I'm not mistaken (and I know I might be, you can eat breakfast each day before you begin the fast? Is there a deadline to stop eating each day?
We Jews do 7 fasts a year: 2 of them are full 25-hours fasts (Yom Kippur and Tish B'Av), and the other 5 are daytime fasts. Our daytime fasts, however, work out to be roughly 22-23 hour fasts, unless you want to wake before 5am to eat something, which my body simply can't handle.
Ramadan mubarak, all! I had the great joy of celebrating with some Muslim friends last night in an interfaith Jewish-Muslim Iftar. I'll do another for Eid. Best thing about joining in the interfaith celebrations (besides sharing our cultures)? So. much. falafel.
Flipflop, Ramadan is from daybreak until sunset for 29/30 days (depending on the moon). One of the friends I had dinner with jokes about how he hates summer-time Ramadan - the days are so much longer! Most Muslims I know only eat dinner since sunrise is around 5:20AM here. It takes about 33 years for Ramadan to cycle through the year - every year it's pushed back about 12 days.
How are daybreak and sunset determined? And by whom? And do all/most Muslims hold to the same standard of definition?
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