1. RAMADAN and FASTING

2. RAMADAN and FASTING FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM Testimony of Faith
Prescribed Prayer
Fasting during Ramadan
Alms-giving (Annual Charity)
The Pilgrimage to Mecca

3. RAMADAN and FASTING The Creed of Faith
To believe in the existence and oneness of God
To believe in Angels
To believe in the revealed Books of God (including Torah, Gospel and Quran)
To believe in Messengers of God
To believe in the Afterlife and the Day of Judgment
To believe in the Divine Destiny including human freewill

4. THE MONTH OVERFLOWING WITH MERCY
RAMADAN and FASTING
RAMADAN
THE MONTH OVERFLOWING WITH MERCY
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar. In this month Muslims are required to fast from dawn to dusk.
“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may learn self restraint.” (Qur’an 2:183)

5. THE MONTH OVERFLOWING WITH MERCY
RAMADAN and FASTING
RAMADAN
THE MONTH OVERFLOWING WITH MERCY
“Fasting is not only to restrain from food and drink, fasting is to refrain from obscene acts.”
Hadith (Prophetic Tradition)

6. RAMADAN and FASTING WHO MUST FAST?
Every Muslim over the age of puberty who is healthy enough to do it must observe Ramadan.
The very young, the permanently sick, the elderly who are weak and the mentally challenged are exempt. Travelers, women in their menses, and women in labor or after childbirth are excused with the chance to make it up afterwards.

7. RAMADAN and FASTING THE FORMAT OF FASTING
Two meals a day: Sahoor and Iftar

8. THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
RAMADAN and FASTING
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
Fasting is the key to a true, comprehensive thanksgiving.

9. THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
RAMADAN and FASTING
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
Fasting is a time of self-discipline and self training of the ego

10. THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
RAMADAN and FASTING
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN
Fasting breaks the ego’s illusory lordship, reminding it that it is a helpless servant, completely dependent on God’s mercy and compassion.

11. RAMADAN and FASTING RAMADAN THE MONTH OF QUR’AN
Ramadan, above all, is the month of the Qur’an.
“It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man…”
(Qur’an 2:185)

12. RAMADAN and FASTING RAMADAN Then comes the ‘EID “Eid Mubarak”
“A blessed Feast to you!”