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Ramadan (Arabic: رَمَضَان, Ramaḍān) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran is believed to be revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam .
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting , prayer , reflection, and community. [11]
The day is also known as the First Eid or as the Lesser Eid (Arabic: العيد الصغير, romanized: al-ʿĪd al-Ṣaghīr) by some Muslim communities. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Eid al-Fitr has a particular salah that consists of two rakats generally performed in an open field or large hall.
The fifteenth night of this month is Mid-Sha'ban, [2] which coincides with the celebration of Shab-e-Barat in Muslim communities all over Asia. Sha'ban is the last lunar month before Ramadan , and so Muslims determine in it when the first day of Ramadan fasting will be.
The White Days or Ayyām al-Bīḍ (Arabic: ایّام البیض) are specific days of each Islamic month; they are holy days according to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. These days are the 13th, 14th and 15th of every month in the Islamic calendar. [1] Muslims believe that the white days of the lunar months of Rajab, Sha'ban and Ramadan are ...
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
This is a timeline of events during the year 2025 which relate to religion. Religious holy days and observances ... Ramadan ends; April. 6 - Rama Navami; 12 ...