What is Ramadan?

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What is Ramadan?

• By Ramadan2014s.com

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• The 9th month of the Islamic calendar is Ramadan
  it is the month of fasting.
• It was the night in the month of Ramadan, when
  Muhammad had received the revelation from Allah.

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• Every Muslims greet each other with Ramadan
  Mubarak messages.

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• The night is believed to be the most holy night,
  which falls during the last 10 days of the
  Ramadan month, known as Layat-al aqdr.
• You can check the collection of Ramadan Mubarak
  messages here.

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Sighting of Crescent New moon
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• Islamic calendar follows Lunar calendar, The new
  day starts after the sunset.
• The start of the Ramadan month is determined on
  the sighting of the Crescent New Moon.

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• The exact date cannot be said before the actual
  day.
• The Islamic calendar is 10/11 days shorter than
  the Georgian calendar.

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• So every year Ramadan comes 11 days earlier than
  the previous year.
• In this way in around 35 years Ramadan month
  covers all the season.

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Month of Fasting
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• Ramadan is the month of fasting, Fasting is
  mandatory for all the adult Muslims, during the
  month of Ramadan.
• Pregnant womens, breastfeeding womens,
  diabetic, travelers and females in menses are
  exempted from fasting.

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• Muslims fast from dawn to dusk , during the
  fasting hrs, they are not allowed to drink , eat,
  smoke, and they have to refrain from sex and
  abusive language.
• There are penalties set by law if they break any
  of these things.

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Month for Praying and reading Quran
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• During the month of Ramadan, Muslims have to
  offer more prayers.
• They also have to read more Quran then they do in
  their normal life.

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• Every Mosque has special prayers held at night
  which helps them to complete the reading of Quran
  in 1 month.
• The prayers are known as Tarawa. Along with that,
  you can also send every one Ramadan Kareem wishes
  so they can get the message.
• Muslims do prefer to send greeting messages to
  each other.

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Month for Charity
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• Every Muslim falls under the law of Zakat which
  they have to follow every month.
• Everry Muslim has to pay certain amount of their
  income to poor, it is known as Zakat amd it is
  mandatory.

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• During the month of Ramadan they can also do
  voluntary charity which is known as Sadaqah.
• It means they can give food to the Muslims to
  break their fast. People doing Sadaqah get high
  rewards on the Judgment Day.

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Shawwal
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• The Ramadan month ends when the new crescent moon
  is seen and Shawwal month starts.
• If the new moon is not seen, due to weather
  conditions, then after 30 days the Sawwal month
  starts.
• On the first day of Sawwal, Eid el fitre is
  celebrated.

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