By Edmund Smith-Asante. All Rights Reserved ©
Ramadan is the Holy Month on the Muslim calendar and
it is a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement, and heightened devotion
and worship. Muslims are expected to put more effort into following the
teachings of Islam. The fast by adult Muslims (sawm) begins at dawn and ends at
sunset.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Muslim lunar
calendar. The fast includes abstaining from drinking, eating, immoral acts and
anger. Other acts of worship such as prayer, reading the Quran and charity are
also encouraged during the Holy Month.
Muslims also believe the Quran was revealed in
Ramadan. During the Holy Month, Muslims wake up early to eat a pre-dawn meal
called suhoor, and they break their fast with a meal referred to as iftar.
It is common for mosques to host large iftars,
especially for the poor and needy. Nightly prayers called Tarawih are also held
in mosques after iftar.
This year 2020, however, there would be no mosque
affairs globally due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh,
the highest religious authority in the kingdom, has already urged that prayers
during Ramadan, including nightly Tarawee and Eid al-Fitr prayers, should be
performed at home as the pandemic rages on around the world, the Saudi
newspaper Okaz has reported.
If the moon is sighted on the 29th day of the fast the
first day of Eid al-Fitr will be observed on Sunday, May 23.
Otherwise, Ramadan fasting will carry on for 30 days
and Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 24.
#Edmages was privileged to visit the Jumeirah Mosque a
very famed meeting place for Muslim faithful in Dubai which would have been a
beehive of activities if we were in normal times, during a Media
Familiarisation tour organised by Emirates. Find below some clicks of the
Muslim place of worship. Edmages wishes all Muslim brothers and sisters a
fruitful Ramadan period.
#flyemiratesflybetter #flyemirates #canonshots @Dubai
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