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Islamic tradition states that on the night of 27 Ramadan—the “Night of Power” (Laylat al-Qadr)—Godrevealed to the Prophet Muhammadthe Qurʾān, Islam’s holy book, “as a guidance for the people.” For Muslims Ramadan is a period of introspection, communal prayer(ṣalāt) in the mosque, and reading of the Qurʾān. God forgives the past sins of those who observe the holy month with fasting, prayer, and faithful intention.

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Ramadan, however, is less a period ofatonement than it is a time for Muslims to practice self-restraint, in keeping with ṣawm (Arabic: “to refrain”), one of the Pillars of Islam(the five basic tenets of the Muslim religion). Although ṣawm is most commonly understood as the obligation to fast during Ramadan, it is more broadly interpreted as the obligation to refrain between dawn and dusk from food, drink, sexual activity, and all forms of immoral behaviour, including impure or unkind thoughts. Thus, false words or bad deeds or intentions are as destructive of a fast as is eating or drinking.



RamadanAn overview of Ramadan, including the ritual of fasting.© Behind the News

After the sunset prayer, Muslims gather in their homes or mosques to break their fast with a meal calledifṭār that is often shared with friends and extended family. The ifṭārusually begins with dates, as was the custom of Muhammad, or apricots and water or sweetened milk. There are additional prayers offered at night called the tawarīḥ prayers, preferably performed in congregation at the mosque. During these prayers, the entire Qurʾān may be recited over the course of the month of Ramadan. To accommodate such acts of worship in the evening, work hours are adjusted during the day and sometimes reduced in some Muslim-majority countries. The Qurʾān indicates that eating and drinking are permissible only until the “white thread of light becomes distinguishable from the dark thread of night at dawn.” Thus, Muslims in some communities ring bells in the predawn hours to remind others that it is time for the meal before dawn, called the suḥūr.



RamadanAt a mosque in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the poor being fed during Ramadan.Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz

Ṣawm can be invalidated by eating or drinking at the wrong time, but the lost day can be made up with an extra day of fasting. For anyone who becomes ill during the month or for whom travel is required, extra fasting days may be substituted after Ramadan ends. Volunteering, performing righteous works, or feeding the poor can be substituted for fasting if necessary. Able-bodied adults and older children fast during the daylight hours from dawn to dusk. Pregnant or nursing women, children, the old, the weak, travelers on long journeys, and the mentally ill are all exempt from the requirement of fasting.



Ramadan: lanternsFabric lanterns hung for Ramadan.iStock/Thinkstock

The end of the Ramadan fast is celebrated as Eid al-Fitr, the “Feast of Fast-Breaking,” which is one of the two major religious holidays of the Muslim calendar (the other, Eid al-Adha, marks the end of the hajj, thepilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are expected to perform at least once in their lives if they are financially and physically able). In some communities Eid al-Fitr is quite elaborate: children wear new clothes, women dress in white, special pastries are baked, gifts are exchanged, the graves of relatives are visited, and people gather for family meals and to pray in mosques.



Eid al-FitrAn overview of Eid al-Fitr (Bayram).Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz

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As we know that in the world their are the so many religions and of that religions their are so many Books, Songs, Festivals.

Now the topic is festival therefore the Topic in question is about Ramazan.


As we know that Ramazan is one of the Festival of the Islam religion this is the festival which is celebrated for 30 Years in muslim Religion.

In this festival the person wake up at 4 o Clock at morning and eat something and when they eat then they doesn't eat anything till 7 o Clock at night.


This is condition is Muslims for 30 days after this 30 Days Their is One festival which is EID.