Observing Ramadan
The month of Ramadan is annually celebrated by fasting, penance and feasting to commemorate the coming down of the Qur’an – the Word of God. Every Muslim upon reaching the “age of reason”, unless sick or unable to fast, must observe the obligation of fasting prescribed by the Qur’an and the Shari’a.
For the year 2013, Ramadan begins on the evening of the 9th of July and ends on the sighting of the new moon. Believers, until now, reckon the beginning and end of the Ramadan on the basis of actual sighting of the new moon.
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