Muslims - enlighten me a bit about Ramadan.?

0n a sweltering hot day your throat has become parched. You are in the privacy of your home and the refreshingly cool water is within hand's reach. You desire to drink it, but you do not. Why? Simply because you are fasting and while fasting you cannot eat and drink. If somebody prompts you to nevertheless drink it and says: "Nobody is watching," you will immediately rebuke him with the words: "But Allah is watching!"

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎) is an Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month in which the Qur'an, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, and smoking from sunrise until sunset. Fasting is meant to teach the person patience, modesty and spirituality. Ramaḍān is a time to fast for the sake of Allah, and to offer more prayer than usual. Muslims also believed through good actions, they get rewarded twice than they normally can achieve. During Ramaḍān, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds.

Hi. Oh, Ramadans basically an Islamic month, in which all Muslims fast for the month (from dawn till disk), its a duty (one of the 5 pillars-the others are believing in God, praying 5 times a day, paying Zakat/money to poor 2.5 % of anual savings and doing Hajj/pilgrimage at least once in your lifetime), a very sacred month. Muslims believe the devil is locked up in this month, so all bad deeds are from you. We try to do even more good than usual. Pray even more and read more Quran, holy things etc. Be better people etc. Its a month where all Muslim who are able to-fast.

Ramadan is observed on the ninth months of the Islamic calender . its is the month that the Koran was revealed to Mohammad , All islamics fast from sunrise until sunset . A day of praying and observance , it teaches on the day a good Muslim the ethics of being good person and being good to others.

Ramadan is the Holy Month of fasting for Muslims. Yahoo was kind enough to give a section named Ramadan where Muslims feel more comfortable "gathering" - not because Ramadan is perpetual.

I'm not muslim, but I do know about it from my ex-cleaning lady. It's a summer-time holiday and it lasts about a month. It's like, you're not allowed to eat the ENTIRE day, and only at night, once the sun has set, are you allowed to eat. So for about a month, you starve yourself by day and eeat only at night. And the reason is so that you should feel what the poor, hungry people feel and develop compassion and sympathy towards them and help them out. Pretty nice idea, but I have compassion for the poor without fasting and I do try to help them out in any way I can... like if I see there's a hungry person I would give him/her something to eat and I give charity etc.

to Jewish Princess

durin ramadan u eat befor sunrise and after sunset

and fasting is meant to teach the person patience, modesty and spirituality