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Date Posted: 11:46:22 07/21/12 Sat
Author: 2012 date 20 or 21 July (varies per country and denomination
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Ramadan

Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان‎} Ramaḍān, IPA: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn]; variations Persian: Ramazān‎; Hindi: रमज़ान Urdu: Ramzān; Turkish: Ramazan) is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days according to the visual sightings of the crescent moon according to numerous biographical accounts compiled in hadiths.[4][5][6] The word Ramadan comes from the Arabic root “ramida” or “ar-ramad,” which means scorching heat or dryness.[7] It is the Muslim month of fasting, in which Muslims refrain from dawn until sunset from eating, drinking, and sexual relations.[8] Fasting is not necessary for women going through menstrual bleeding.[9]

In Islam, the thawab or sawab (rewards) of fasting are many, but in this month, they are believed to be multiplied.[10] [11] Muslims fast in this month to offer more prayers and Quran recitations.[12][13][14]

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