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Currently Muslims the world over are observing Ramadan. A month of great religious importance in the Muslim culture. Colours Magazine along with contributing photographers has brought to you a sort of photo-introduction about this month.
Masjid Al-Noor by Korayem
Ramadan or Ramazan (Arabic: رمضان, Ramaḍān) is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar. It is the month when the Quran was revealed and it is also the month when Muslims all over the world observe fasts.
Fasts are observed from before the break of dawn till night time. During this month Muslims seek forgiveness for past sins, refrain from eating, drinking or committing any other sins. Fasts are observed for the whole lunar months which lasts for 29 or 30 days depending upon the sighting of the moon and concludes with the Eid Celebrations.
![Laylatul Qadr // ﻠﻴﻠﺔ ﺍﻠﻗﺪﺮ .. [The.Night.of.power]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1259/1467666797_25f2b82790.jpg)
Layla-tul-Qadr (Night of Qadr) by Bubbles
Layla-tul-Qadr (Night of Qadr) is the night in which the Holy Quran was revealed and occurs in the last ten days of the month. During these nights many Muslims stay up till dawn praying for forgiveness and seeking guidance for future.
Petition by Khalisshah
Ramadan also is the time for many Muslims to pay their annual religious tax i.e. Zakat. Around 2.5% of their saving over the past 12 months are meant to be distributed among the poor and needy to help them.
Happy Ramadan by Ranoush
The time for Iftar by ZAK
One of the highlights of the day is time for Iftar (breaking of the fast). It also serves as an excuse to throw dinner parties and organise social gatherings focused around food. Many muslims turn to mosques to open their fasts where daily food is serves after evening prayers for the whole month of Ramadan.
Eid Mubarak (Eid Greetings) by Hamed Saber
Many cultures bring to table their own style and taste of food. People in South Asian regions are known for their love of spicy and fried food, those in Middle East and Arab regions are partial to meat. However, regardless of geographical and cultural differences dates are the one common factor in all of them which is used everywhere to open fasts, mainly because it is linked to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) who used to open fasts with dates.
Muslim Prayer by Emiraty
The month of fasting ends with the celebration of Eid. A Muslim Christmas. They day starts with the men and boys heading over for Congregational Eid prayers, followed by visiting the friends and family. A compulsory tax called ‘Fitrana’ is also given before this day. It is given to the poor and needy so they can also join in the festivities.
Eid Mubarak (Eid Greeintgs) by Honest
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I’ve been reading along for a while now. I just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up the good work.
Interesting post. I’m glad you actually wrote something nice about Ramadan… …I’ve been around the net for a pretty long time now, and the only thing I can read about when it comes to Ramadan is how stupid it is by muslims to fast. I’ve also started to write a bit about Ramadan. I started out my own Ramadan blog over here: http://www.ramadanonline.com Oh, and whatever you do – don’t you dare stop blogging. You’re insane when it comes to writing!
Subhan Allah lovely pic,s.
VERY FINE
Jazak Allah amazing.
Allah Akber beautiful bro.