Ramadan
holy month of fasting for Muslims, observed on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Islamic month. For the Islamic speaker, see Tariq Ramadan.
Ramadan (sometimes spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims fast or do not eat or drink during the daytime. It is the holiest month in Islam. As mentioned in Sura Bakarah, verse number 183: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may [learn] self-restraint.