YouGov MENA surveyed 1,520 online Muslim respondents who live in the Middle East to understand their impressions of this special time of year. # 31% of survey respondents claim their behavior (lifestyle etc.) changes ‘completely’ during Ramadan # 87% spend more time at home than usual during the Holy Month of Ramadan # 79% thinks Ramadan…
By Nigar Ataulla Bangalore: Iftar parties often consist of meeting, breaking the fast, eating, and then dispersing. But this was one iftar party with a difference. Organised on 25th July on the terrace of Feroze’s Estate Agency by the Quran Study Circle, it brought together Muslims and people of other faiths, both men and women.…
Sharjah:The world’s longest iftar table measuring 1.003km in length comprising 410 tables with 1,600 legs and 2.44 meters each in length, seating 2,000 people in facing rows on Al-Buhaira Corniche walkway in Sharjah, was the focus of a Ramadan event that drew thousands of people and officials from the Guinness Book of World Records. Talal…
Riyadh:The Saudi national campaign to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, distributed Ramadan baskets for 4,500 Syrian families in Ramtha and Madaba Governorates in the second phase of its Ramadan relief activities. Director of the campaign office in Jordan, Saad Al-Sowaid said the third phase of the Ramadan basket distribution cover 150,000 families outside the Zaatari…
Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on the first of the lunar month of Shawwal. This festival is an expression of thanks-giving to Allah the Almighty for His grace in enabling His faithful servants to observe the fasting month of Ramadan, besides the daily Tarawih Prayers, recitation of the Qur’an and works of charity. The following things have…
“¢ Zakat -ul -Fitr is a type of Sadaqah which must be paid by every Muslim, young and old, male and female, free and slave, at the end of the month of fasting (Ramadan). “¢ The purpose of Zakat -ul- Fitr is to purify one who fasts, from any indecent act or speech and to…
A simple act of determining the birth of new moon has been presented in such a complicated manner by Muslim scholars, that the entire Muslim world has been living under its curse for ages. By Dr Aslam Abdullah Some time ago when the Sultan of Turkey decided to introduce electricity in the Mosque of the…
“¢ Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) said: “He who fasts solely for the sake of Allah, has all his previous sins forgiven. “¢ The odour of the mouth of a fasting person is sweeter to Allah than the fragrance of musk. “¢ The Prophet (Pbuh) said, the sleep of a fasting person is Ibadat and his silence…
By a Staff Writer Ramadan is a spring season for virtues. All good deeds have been promised limitless rewards. So most people choose to disburse their zakat, charity, sadaqah etc during the month of Ramadan. It is imperative for us that we distribute our charity to socially relevant and productive purposes. While the poor, needy…
The word Zakat means both ‘purification’ and ‘growth’. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back, balances and encourages new growth. The Qur’an always emphasizes on the issue of feeding the hungry and helping those who are in need, and the…
