RAMZAN

About: 

• Names: Ramadan is also known as Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan. 
  
  
• What is it? It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. 
  
  
• Religious significance: 
  • It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. 
    
    
  • This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Religious practices: 
  • For Muslims, Ramadan is a month of fasting, prayer. While fasting from dawn until sunset, Muslims refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, smoking, and engaging in sexual relations. 
    
    
  • Pre-fast meals before dawn are referred to as Suhoor, while the post-fast breaking feasts after sunset are called Iftar. 
    
    
  • Muslims are also instructed to refrain from sinful behavior that may negate the reward of fasting, such as false speech and fighting except in self-defense. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Eid al-Fitr: The holiday of Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the next lunar month, Shawwal. 
  
  
• Taraweeh: it refers to extra prayers performed by Muslims at night, after Isha prayer during the month of Ramzan.