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Ramadan FAQ: Ramadan Customs
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• Ramadan FAQ main page
• What is Ramadan?
• When is Ramadan?
• Local prayer/fasting times
• Fasting requirements 
• Health & safety of fasting
• Ramadan customs
• Children & Ramadan
• Spiritual growth
• Helping others
• Eid al-Fitr (holiday at the end of Ramadan)
• Delicious recipes from the Muslim world 
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• Moon-Sighting at Ramadan 
• Ramadan Books for Children 
• Helping Others During Ramadan 
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• Eid Decorations (Family Crafts) 

Taraweeh Prayers
Hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari about the evening prayers during Ramadan (in Arabic and English).  These prayers are said each evening; over the course of the month the entire Qur'an is read.

Taraweeh from Mecca
Watch the Taraweeh prayers from Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

'Itikaf (Retreat in the Mosque)
During the last ten days of Ramadan, Muslims may perform a retreat in the mosque for prayer and reflection.

 

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