Ramadan

E28290
Islamic holy month fasting period religious observance

Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ramadan canonical 26
Ramadan fasting 5
Ramadan in Islam 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy month ⓘ
fasting period ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedEvent revelation of the Quran ⓘ
associatedNight Laylat al-Qadr ⓘ
associatedNightMeaning Night of Decree ⓘ
Night of Power ⓘ
associatedNightTiming often believed to be the 27th night ⓘ
one of the last ten nights ⓘ
calendar Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
charityObligation Zakat ⓘ
surface form: Zakat al-Fitr
corePractice charity ⓘ
community gatherings ⓘ
fasting from dawn to sunset ⓘ
increased prayer ⓘ
recitation of the Quran ⓘ
spiritual reflection ⓘ
duration 29 or 30 days ⓘ
effectOnSchedule changes in work and school hours in some Muslim-majority countries ⓘ
endsWith Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
eveningMeal iftar ⓘ
exemption breastfeeding women ⓘ
children ⓘ
elderly unable to fast ⓘ
pregnant women ⓘ
the sick ⓘ
travelers ⓘ
fastingIncludes abstaining from drink ⓘ
abstaining from food ⓘ
abstaining from sexual relations ⓘ
abstaining from smoking ⓘ
fastingTimeframe from true dawn (fajr) to sunset (maghrib) ⓘ
follows Sha'ban ⓘ
frequency annually ⓘ
greeting Ramadan Kareem ⓘ
Ramadan Mubarak ⓘ
legalStatus officially recognized in many Muslim-majority states ⓘ
monthNumber 9 ⓘ
observedBy Ahmadiyya ⓘ
surface form: Ahmadi Muslims

Ibadi Islam ⓘ
surface form: Ibadi Muslims

Muslims ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form: Sunni Muslims
precedes Shawwal ⓘ
preDawnMeal suhoor ⓘ
purpose developing taqwa (God-consciousness) ⓘ
empathy for the poor ⓘ
self-discipline ⓘ
recommendedPrayer Qiyam al-Layl ⓘ
Taraweeh ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
socialAspect communal iftar meals ⓘ
startDeterminedBy astronomical calculations ⓘ
sighting of the new moon ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eid al-Fitr → marksEndOf → Ramadan ⓘ
Arabs → majorHoliday → Ramadan ⓘ
Xoraxane Roma → observes → Ramadan ⓘ
Cave of Hira → visitedEspeciallyDuring → Ramadan ⓘ
Yom Kippur War → dateCoincidedWith → Ramadan ⓘ
Muslims → fastingPeriod → Ramadan ⓘ
King Fahd Gate → usedDuring → Ramadan ⓘ
Kuwaiti American → mayObserveHoliday → Ramadan ⓘ
Tigrinya Muslims → culturalPractice → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan fasting
Surah Al-Qadr → relatedConcept → Ramadan ⓘ
Islamic crescent → religiousAssociation → Ramadan ⓘ
Islam in Egypt → hasPractice → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan fasting
Witr prayer → oftenPrayedInCongregationDuring → Ramadan ⓘ
Islamic lunar calendar → hasMonth → Ramadan ⓘ
Hijri calendar → hasMonth → Ramadan ⓘ
Laylat al-Qadr → occursDuring → Ramadan ⓘ
Laylat al-Qadr → category → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan in Islam
Night of Decree → calendarMonth → Ramadan ⓘ
Fath Makkah → tookPlaceInMonth → Ramadan ⓘ
Ramadan War → religiousContext → Ramadan ⓘ
Shawwal → follows → Ramadan ⓘ
Sha'ban → precedes → Ramadan ⓘ
Sha'ban → occursBefore → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: the fasting month of Ramadan
Islam in Maldives → observes → Ramadan ⓘ
Arab cuisine → servedOnOccasion → Ramadan ⓘ
Islamic holidays → majorCategory → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan observances
TurkishCuisine → hasMealTradition → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: RamadanIftarMeals
Turkish Canadians → observesHoliday → Ramadan ⓘ
Islam in Yemen → hasRitual → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan fasting
Moors (Sri Lanka) → culturalPractice → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan fasting
1963 Ramadan Revolution in Iraq → religiousCalendarContext → Ramadan ⓘ
The Power → associatedWith → Ramadan ⓘ
The Majesty → associatedWith → Ramadan ⓘ
Niujie Subdistrict → observes → Ramadan ⓘ
Dungan → religiousPractice → Ramadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ramadan fasting