Fest in Islam

Prayer is performed by doing, Alms by spending but Fasting is performed by food and water abstention. Muslims fast in Ramadan month the 9^th month in Islamic calendar – Hijri calendar, every year.

"30 days without interruption from dawn to sunset we fast every Ramadan. It has a spiritual aspect, it reminds us how poor people suffer and encourage us to help them." Ahmed said

Ramadan is the month of Qur'an as the first Qur'anic verse is revealed to the prophet Mohamed by the angel Gabriel in the month of Ramadan.

Muslims uses the lunar calendar so they must see the new moon which signifies the start of a new lunar month. Also, by using the lunar    calendar Ramadan will start about eleven days earlier each year so it may occur in summer, with long day and short night as nowadays in UK or in winter, with short day what makes fasting easy.

At the end of Ramadan every fasting Muslim should pay for charity called Zakat Al fetr, the Alms of breaking fast, to make the poor celebrating with them in the Feast.

After Ramadan, Muslims celebrating festival of breaking of the fast called eid al-fitr.  The feast day starts with prayer of the feast, Salat al Eid, then Muslims share the happiness.

In Britain, this day is the most important celebration of the year, you can see Muslims with new clothes and joining each other in cieties and towns around our country.