Sawm Flashcards
What is Ramadan?
The most important month of the Islamic calendar as it is when Angel Jibril started to reveal the Qur’an to Muhammad.
What is a good quote about the origins of fasting?
Command to fast revealed to Muhammed: ‘It was in the month of Ramadan that the Qur’an was revealed as guidance for mankind. So any one of you who sees in that month should fast’ (Qur’an 2:185)
Do Muslims have to fast?
Yes, it has been obligatory since the seventeenth century.
What is the Night of Power?
When Jibril first appeared to Muhammad and started to reveal the Qur’an.
What are Muslims not aloud to do in the daytime hours of Ramadan?
Food, drink, smoking and sex are forbidden.
What do Muslims do during Ramadan?
They get up every day before sunrise to eat and drink enough to keep them going until sunset.
What happens at sunset during Ramadan?
The fast is broken. The evening meal is often shared with friends and family followed by extra prayers and reading from the Qur’an.
Who is allowed to not take part in fasting?
Children, people who are ill or pregnant and breastfeeding however they are supposed to make up for it later if they can.
Why is Ramadan important?
Self obedience required shows obedience and dedication to God. Inspires Muslims to help those in poverty.
What are the words that Jibril said to Muhammed on the Night of Power?
‘Read! In the name of your Lord who created: He created man from a clinging form (a blood clot). Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One who taught by (means of) the pen, who taught man what he did not know’ Qur’an 96:1-5
When was the Night of Power?
In the second-half of Ramadan on an odd-numbered date.
What do Muslims do on each of the odd-numbered dates?
Stay up and study, pray the Qur’an.
How does observing the Night of Power help Muslims?
The benefit of worshipping for a thousand months.
What is a good quote representing the Night of Power?
‘What will explain to you what the Night of Glory is? The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months.’
