A simple example is to eat between 12 noon 8 pm while you fast from 8 pm till noon the next day. Between 12 noon till 8 pm, you can eat two meals and one snack. You fast for 16 hours and eat within an 8-hour window. You fast for 16 hours and eat within an 8-hour window. This year, Ramadan falls on long summer days for Muslims in the Northern Hemisphere. Start with the easiest type of Intermittent Fasting which is the 16:8 method. Allah have mercy on him) said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting on the day of ‘Isha’ (i.e. If one does not intend to fast on Friday alone, it is permissible. This is even recommended because the Prophet said: 'People will always retain goodness as long as they hasten to break the fast and delay the Suhoor. It is not permissible to fast on Friday if you fast on a day before or a day after it. The Islamic world follows a lunar calendar, and the traditional moon-sighting methodology can lead to different countries declaring the start of Ramadan a day or two apart If the Mu'aththin announces the Athan ten minutes after the sunset, it will be permissible for those people to break their fast when they do after being sure of the sunset. Muslims around the world are set to mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn until sunset.įasting is intended to bring Muslims closer to God and remind them of those less fortunate.

Sunrise and sunset times for your location. Shia Muslims generally wait until it gets completely dark before they break the fast. Sunni Muslims generally break the fast as soon as the disk of the Sun has sunk below the horizon, even when there is still light in the sky. Some of the popular foods that would be eaten during this time include dates, milk and water. Muslims are required to do this ritual before they can break their fasts at sunset. This meal is to help them get ready for the fast until sunset. In Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar, has advised Muslims to look out for the crescent moon on Wednesday, an indication the fasting will also start on Thursday. The fasting ends when the night appears (Quran, verse 187). Sehri time in Nigeria (dawn) - 5:06 AM Sehri is the meal eaten by Muslims during their pre-dawn meal. The Kingdom and other Muslim nations like Indonesia declared Ramadan would not begin on Wednesday based on the observations by moon-sighting committees. It also involve abstaining from smoking, drinking alcohol or eating food during daylight hours. Saudi Arabian moon observers said there was no sight of the Ramadan crescent on Tuesday, meaning millions of Muslims around the world will begin the holy month on Thursday.Īccording to reports on Saudi Arabian state TV, as published by Arab News, bad weather made observation of the crescent difficult. The fast starts at fajr and ends at sunset.

Nigerian fasting until sunset