page_title: Fasting during Ramadan
section_title: Prohibitions during Ramadan
hierarchical_section_title: Fasting during Ramadan / Prohibitions during Ramadan
caption_attribution_description: English: Fast break @ Taipei Grand Mosque, Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan中文: 中華民國臺北市大安區台北清真寺
context_page_description: During the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims are obligated to fast, every day from dawn to sunset. Fasting requires the abstinence from food and drink. Fasting the month of Ramadān was made obligatory during the month of Sha‘bān, in the second year after the Muslims migrated from Makkah to Madīnah. Fasting the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Ramadan fasting is associated with harmful effects on social, economic and health related aspects of regular human life.
context_section_description: Eating, drinking, and sexual activities are not allowed between dawn (fajr), and sunset (maghrib). Fasting is considered an act of deeply personal worship in which Muslims seek a raised level of closeness to God.
  During Ramadan, Muslims are also expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam by refraining from violence, anger, envy, greed, lust, angry/sarcastic retorts, gossip, and are meant to try to get along with each other better than normal. All obscene and irreligious stimuli are to be avoided as the purity of both thought and action is important.
caption: Fast break at Taipei Grand Mosque in Taiwan
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