Ramadan
Ramadan, also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan or Ramathan, is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community.... Wikipedia
- Also called: Albanian: Ramazani, Azerbaijani: Ramazan, Bengali: রমজান, translit. Rômzan / Rômjan, Hindi: रमज़ान, translit. Ramzān, Kurdish: ڕەمەزان , translit. Remezan, Persian: رمضان , translit. Ramazān , Pashto: روژه , Punjabi: رمضان / ਰਮਜ਼ਾਨ, translit. Ramzān, Somali: Rabadaan or Rabmadaan, Turkish: Ramazan, Urdu: رمضان , translit. Ramzān, Zazaki: Remezan
- Observed by: Muslims
- Type: Religious
- Celebrations: Community iftars and Community prayers
- Observances: Sawm (fasting), Zakat and sadaqah (alms giving), Commemorating Nights of al-Qadr, Reading the Quran, Abstaining from all bad deeds and staying humble, Taraweeh prayer (Sunni Muslims)
- Begins: At the last night of the month of Sha'ban
- Ends: At the last night of the month of Ramadan
- Date: Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
- date: Variable (follows the Islamic lunar calendar)
- Frequency: Annual (lunar calendar)
- Related to: Eid al-Fitr, Laylat al-Qadr
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