Ramadan

Ramadan be de ninth month for de Islamic calendar insyd, wey Muslims worldwide dey observe as one holy month for fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, den community. Dis month dey commemorate de time wey Prophet Muhammad first receive revelation. As one of de Five Pillars of Islam, Ramadan fasting dey last 29 to 30 days, depending on de crescent moon sighting.

From dawn to sunset, fasting (sawm) be obligatory (fard) for all adult Muslims, unless dem dey sick (acute anaa chronic), travel, elderly, breastfeeding, diabetic, pregnant, anaa menstruating.Fasting (Al Siyam) –  – p. 18, el Bahay el Kholi, 1998 De Predawn meal be suhur den Nightly meal wey dey break de fast be iftar.Islam, Andrew Egan – 2002 – p. 24Dubai – p. 189, Andrea Schulte-Peevers – 2010 For places wey midnight sun anaa polar night dey, sam fatawa (Islamic rulings) dey talk say make dem follow Mecca timetable, buh chaw people dey follow de closest country wey get clear night den day difference.See article "How Long Muslims Fast For Ramadan Around The World" -Huffpost.com /31 July 2014 and article "Fasting Hours of Ramadan 2014" -Onislam.net / 29 June 2014 and article "The true spirit of Ramadan" -Gulfnews.com /31 July 2014See article by Imam Mohamad Jebara "The fasting of Ramadan is not meant to punish" Archived 7 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Dem believe sey spiritual rewards (thawab) of fasting dey multiply during Ramadan. So, during de hours of fasting, Muslims go stay away from no be chow den drink per, buh sanso tobacco products, sexual relations, den sinful behavior, dey devote dema sef instead to prayer den study of de Quran.

 Ein Etymology 
De word Ramadan cam from de Arabic root R-M-Ḍ () "scorching heat", wey be de Classical Arabic verb "ramiḍa ()" wey dey mean "become intensely hot – become burning; become scorching; be blazing; be glowing".

Some people believe sey Ramadan be one of de names of God for Islam, secof dat, plenty hadiths talk sey e no good make we just call am "Ramadan" wen you dey refer to de calendar month. Instead, dem say make people talk "month of Ramadan", as reported for Sunni, Shia den Zaydi sources. Buh na sam oda scholars grade dis report sey e be Mawḍūʻ (dem fabricate am) den inauthentic.

 History 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:002185_Al-Baqarah_UsmaniScript.png|thumb|Chapter 2, Verse 185 insya Arabic
Muslims believe sey dem reveal all scripture during Ramadan. Dem talk sey de scrolls of Abraham, Torah, Psalms, Gospel, den Quran land for de first, sixth, twelfth, thirteenth (sam sources talk eighteenth) den twenty-fourth Ramadan respectively. Dem talk sey Muhammad sef receive ein first Quranic revelation for Laylat al-Qadr, wey be one of de odd-numbered nights wey fall insyd de last ten days of Ramadan.

Although na dem command Muslims make dem fast insyd de second year of Hijra (624 CE), dem believe sey fasting no be new thing for monotheismQuran Chapter 2, Revelation 183 buh na e always be important for believers to get fear of God (taqwa). [For Q2:183] Dem point sey even de pre-Islamic pagans of Mecca dey fast for de tenth day of Muharram make e clear sin den avoid drought. Philip Jenkins talk sey Ramadan fasting fi come from de strict Lenten discipline of de Syrian Churches, den sam scholars like theologian Paul-Gordon Chandler support dis idea,Jenkins, Philip (2006). The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South. p. 182. Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition. buh sam Muslim academics no gree.Muhammad Mustafa al-Azami, "The History of The Quranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation: A Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments", 2nd Edition (2008), Azami Publishing House De Quran self talk sey de fasting wey ein prescribe already be for earlier biblical communities (2:183), even though no clear pre-Islamic text dey wey confirm dis practice.

 Important dates 
De first den last dates of Ramadan dey determine by de lunar Islamic calendar.

 Beginning 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ramadan100years1938-2037.png|thumb|De start date of Ramadan dey shift between Gregorian years 1938 and 2038, den sometimes e fit get small error, especially for de last few dates insyd de table. Dis table base on one particular version of de Islamic calendar, but because different areas get different ways dem dey follow, de start of Ramadan fit shift by one or even two days.
Secof de hilāl, anaa crescent moon, typically occur approximately one day after de new moon, Muslims fi estimate de start of Ramadan.Hilal Sighting & Islamic Dates: Issues and Solution Insha'Allaah Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Hilal Sighting Committee of North America (website Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 19 August 2009. Buh chaw Muslims still like make dem confirm de crescent moon plus dema own eye before dem officially start Ramadan fasting.

 Laylat al-Qadr 
Laylat al-Qadr, wey people dey call "Night of Power", be de night wey Muslims believe sey de Quran first cam down to de world, den wey Prophet Muhammad receive ein first Quranic revelation. Dis night be de holiest night for de whole year. Chaw Muslims believe sey Laylat al-Qadr dey happen on one odd-numbered night insyd de last ten days of Ramadan. But de Dawoodi Bohra sect particularly believe sey de night be de twenty-third night of Ramadan.

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 References 
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 External links 

 Complete Guide to Ramadhan including Rules, Duas, Itikaaf, Laylatul Qadr, Sadaqatul Fitr etc. 
 Articles on Ramadan (archived 15 May 2015)
 Ramadan news and articles


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