Posted on 03/04/2025 8:30:00 AM PST by RandFan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.
It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.
Fasting from dawn to sunset is obligatory (fard) for all adult Muslims who are not acutely or chronically ill, travelling, elderly, breastfeeding, pregnant, or menstruating. The predawn meal is referred to as suhur, and the nightly feast that breaks the fast is called iftar. Although rulings (fatawa) have been issued declaring that Muslims who live in regions with a midnight sun or polar night should follow the timetable of Mecca, it is common practice to follow the timetable of the closest country in which night can be distinguished from day.
The spiritual rewards (thawab) of fasting are believed to be multiplied during Ramadan. Accordingly, during the hours of fasting, Muslims refrain not only from food and drink, but also from all behavior deemed to be sinful in Islam, devoting themselves instead to prayer and study of the Quran.
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I’m a Live and Let Live kind of guy, but if any Allah Snackbar types want to mess with anyone practicing Ash Wednesday rites, I support turning their heads into ashes.
If you want some more on FR maybe you should post them?
I celebrated with a BLT
Ir’s very sad that they worship rhe moon” god”. Pray for hem.
Good one
lol
I’m glad someone is keeping score..
There was another “ramming” in Germany I notice not much said about it almost normality now
......It’s Ramadan .....
It’s Great Lent!
Time to have a Hog Fry, upwind!
Trump should sign an EO outlawing Ramadan. “I do this in the interest of national security.”
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