RAMADAN 2022: all you need to know about the holy month

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan started from April 2 and will end on may 2, 2022. The word “Ramzan “is the Urdu spelling to refer to the Islamic holy month and “Ramadan” is the Arabic spelling.

In this holy month Muslims observe obligatory fasting as it is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. This month is special because the QURAN was brought into light in this month. During Ramadan Muslims read more Quran than usual.

During this month Muslims keep “ROZA” as an act of worship. The word originates from “Roz” which literally means ‘day’ or ‘daily’. In Quran the word Roza referred to as ‘SAWM’ which means to abstain from things. Besides staying away from food, drinks, sexual intercourse during daytime, Muslim also abstain from evil practices, including lying and fighting.

To observe fasting in the month of Ramadan, Muslims must wake up before the sunrise to have their first meal – ‘sehri’. They can break their fast in the evening meal known as ‘iftar’. after this Muslims offers their evening prayers. At night, they offer a special prayer, called as ‘taraweeh’ which is done specially during Ramadan. As the timing of sunrise and sunset changes every day, the time of sehri and iftar is also different on every new day

Here is the timing for 27 and 28 April 2022:

27 April2022 sehri: 04:20AM; Iftar: 06:54PM

28 April 2022 sehri: 04:17AM; iftar: 06:57PM

Deborika Bhattacharjee,

Content Writer,

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