Showing posts with label month of eid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label month of eid. Show all posts

27 November, 2009

The Significance of Ramzan--(Fasting)

What is Ramzan:

Ramzan gives ..........

Strength to love poors who are not able to feed themselves.

Strength to fight all odds.Strength to stand for the truth.

Strength to give alms.Strength to keep up your self esteem.

Strength to devout time for prayer.Strength to avoid anger.

Strength to avoid hunger.Strength to kill your bad habits,

Strength to inculcate good habits.Strength to love all including non-Muslims.

Strength to understand the meaning of hunger.

Strength to stand against the corruption, violence.

Strength to become more humble..

Strength to my Islamic belief that Allah is for the whole humanity and not for the Muslims only

When it comes?
Its the moth that Prophet Muahmmed came to Muslims with gifts from God.....prayers and the Quran.....a lot happened during ramadan or rather the month of ramadan....it can consist of 30 - 29 days or is it 30-31....others can fill in....it is said the Gates of Heveanare flung open.....and the nights of ramdan is equal to a 100 nights.

Ramadan is the 9th month of Islamic, "Hijra calender", The number of days a month, in Hijra calender can be either 29 or 30, (not more than 30 and less than 29), as per sight of moon at different areas locally.So Islamic Hijra date may vary in different countries, by one or two days difference.Gulf countries follow the date announced on the sight of moon in Makkah, and other Muslim countries have their own moon sighting authorities, who declare the sight of moon by witnesses locally in that specific country.The present Ramadan is the Ramadan of 1429 H. we can say today is 09/09/1429 (H)

Source(s):
(1) Muharram,
(2) Safer,
(3) Rabi ul Awwal ,
(4) Rabi us Sani
(5) Jamadi ul Awwal ,
(6) Jmadi ul Sani ,
(7) Rajab,
( 8) Sha'aban ,
(9) Ramadan ,
(10) Shawwal ,
(11) Zequa'ad ,
(12) Zulhajj. Are the names and arangement of 12 Hijra months,
To get to the significance of Eid, one must first understand the meaning of Ramzan. ‘Ramz’ means to burn, and fasting is considered to burn down ones sins. Fasting or Roza starts at sunrise and lasts until sunset. During this time no food or water is consumed. Pregnant women, the handicapped and the ailing, people on a long journey, and ladies in confinement are exempted from Roza, but they must resume fasting on recovery.
The principle behind Roza is to understand the plight of the poor and pledge to live a more significant and meaningful life. Prophet Mohammed said, "if a person observing fast does not shun untruth, his having given up eating and drinking is of little value. Such a person starves for nothing. and those who rise in the midnight to recite prayers but do not give up untruth and evil deeds, lose their sleep for nothing."
Due to the rigorous discipline during the days of Ramzan, a believer becomes one with religion and feels a genuine need to do good and lead a more refined and introspective life. Giving money and material goods away in charity is another Islamic custom that every conscientious Muslim practises. In fact Zakat, or charity is one of the five main tenets of Islam. A true Muslim is expected to be magnanimous throughout the year, all the more so during Ramzan. Every Muslim who owns 52.5 tolas (one tola is approximately 10 grams) of silver or an equivalent amount of wealth must donate at least 2.5% of his total income to the needy during the month of Ramzan.