The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down,
a guidance for the people, and clear verses of guidance and criterion.
[Quran: Chapter 2:183]

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When is Ramadan 2009?

When Does Ramadan Begin in 2009?

Every ninth month of the Islamic calendar (lunar calendar), Muslims around the world fast (no food and water) from dawn to dusk for one month. Each day, Muslims will break their fast at sundown with special prayers at mosques. This practice serves to remind them to empathise with those less fortunate than themselves.

The Islamic months in the Islamic calendar are named as follows:

Muharram محرّم (or Muharram al Ḥaram)
Safar صفر (or Ṣafar al Muzaffar)
Rabi' al-awwal (Rabī' I) ربيع الأول
Rabi' al-thani (or Rabī' al Thānī, or Rabī' al-Akhir) (Rabī' II) ربيع الآخر أو ربيع الثاني
Jumada al-awwal (Jumādā I) جمادى الاول
Jumada al-thani (or Jumādā al-akhir) (Jumādā II) جمادى الآخر أو جمادى الثاني
Rajab رجب (or Rajab al Murajab)
Sha'aban شعبان (or Sha'abān al Moazam)
Ramadan رمضان (or Ramzān, long form: Ramaḍān al Mubarak)
Shawwal شوّال (or Shawwal al Mukarram)
Dhu al-Qi'dah ذو القعدة
Dhu al-Hijjah ذو الحجة

Of all the months in the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is the most venerated. Muslims are required to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during the daylight hours of this month.

Source: Wikipedia


It is estimated that Ramadan will start on August 21, 2009. This is subject to the first visual sighting of the lunar crescent.

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Dear Reader, Assalaamu’alaikum.

Ramadan Mubarak. We wish you a blessed and productive Ramadan! Make no mistake about it - keeping the fast and increasing our acts of worship during this blessed month is not an easy task. The physical demands of balancing work or school with fasting all day, feeling fatigued and less effective than you normally are, waking up for Suhoor, praying Teraweeh and Tahajjud prayers, dealing with sleep deficits.

But the last thing we would want is to let Ramadan pass us by without doing all that we aim and desire to. Do not allow yourself to feel guilty or regretful when Ramadan passes.

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posted by Ramadan Blog at 1:21 AM

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Afghan Clothes said...

The Dates for Ramadan 2009 seem to be August 22, 2009..There's a website called www.afgclassics.com who have the complete dates and prayer times

They have 2.7 million cities listed in there calender, so you can get your prayer times where ever you are.

Here is the link:
http://afgclassics.com/ramadan-1.html

August 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM  
Blogger Ramadan Blog said...

Assamualaikum. Thank you for your comment. It was announced in the Friday prayers last week that the start of Ramadan in the United States would be August 22, 2009. However, this is not confirmed yet. For reasons why there is uncertainty on the exact date, please refer to this article:

http://theramadanblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/basic-facts-on-ramadan.html

August 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM  

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