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The tradition of Ramadan cannon has been inherited in the Emirates for 40 years. its people and residents used to watch it during the month of Ramadan, at the end of fasting hours and coinciding with call to Maghrib prayer. The locations of the iftar cannon vary, but the site must be one of the most famous tourist attractions in the emirate. [6 ...
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A Palestinian worker sorts and packs dates at a factory in preparation for the fasting Muslim month of Ramadan in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2023 (AFP via Getty Images)
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (), prayer (), reflection, and community. [11]
The Islamic calendar is a lunar one, where each month begins when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. The Islamic year consists of 12 lunar cycles, and consequently it is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, and as it contains no intercalation, [a] Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.
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Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
Sha'ban is the last lunar month before Ramadan, and so Muslims determine in it when the first day of Ramadan fasting will be. In the second Hijri year (624), fasting during Ramadan was made obligatory during this month.