The meal before dawn is called sufur and after sunset is iftar. Generally, after eating, many Muslims go back to sleep. It is advisable to eat high-protein food to keep going throughout the day. During Ramadan, Muslims wake up before sunrise for morning prayers and eat before fasting begins for the day. Muslims are required to refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, as well as sex from sunrise to sunset. In Islam, fasting is viewed as a cleansing of soul and having control over oneself. Due to this, the Islamic lunar calendar moves backward exactly 11 days every year with regards to the widely used Gregorian calendar.
The calendar is based on the phases of the moon - whose 12 months are approximately 354 days, according to Vox. Muslims follow the lunar calendar for religious purposes.
The month typically lasts about 29 to 30 days based on the moon. Observing Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam - faith, prayer, charity, fasting and pilgrimage to Mecca. Ramadan is considered very sacred by Muslims as they believe it was during this month Allah revealed the first verses of the Koran to Prophet Muhammad. The end of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar culminates on “Eid al-Fitr,” which is marked with a big feast, exchanging of gifts and celebrations. Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, will end June 24 evening.
Sunni Muslims attend prayers at a mosque, during Eid al-Fitr as they mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, July 6, 2016.
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