Hello all,

I heard from a Muslim friend the requirements for fasting during Ramadan. She said that as long as you eat by 6am you're fine. Basically you can wake up really early, eat before 6am and then fast throughout the day until about 6pm when you break the fast. Is this true?

I am asking because today is Ash wednesday, the beginning of Lent the fasting period for Catholics, Orthodox Christians started on Monday. I learnt about the requirements for Orthodox Christians and it's so strict. I wanted to learn about that for muslims.

Care to share? Thanks.

^^^^The latest time a muslim fasting can eat to begin the fast is just before the time that begins the 'dawn'. dawn begins long time before the sun begins to rise. in florida during the summer months, dawn can begin say 3.00 am. or even earlier.

the fast ends when the sun just set. this is immediately after the 'setting' time of the sun. in winter time its about 4 pm and change. northern territory of canada will have an earlier sunset time than florida, during winter, while it will have a later sunset time during summer.


inshort muslims fast not from 6 to 6 per se. but from that time just before 'dawn' to just after 'sunset'. the 6 to 6 may have occurred just once in a particular year in 33 years or in a particular location of the world. the correct time for muslim fast is always before dawn,ending just the moment is set in your particular location.

you are right sweetnecta,intention is neccessary i.e you must ve it in mind dat you wanna fast b4 you sleep.

Sweetnecta has said it all, but to localize it, 'just before dawn' normally hovers between 5am to 5.25am in Nigeria and average time for 'just after sunset' is between 6.20pm, especially in core north at certain period, with 7.15pm, as upper range, usually in the South at certain times. So it's not exactly fixed as 6-6 as your friend told u, but the key rule is 'just before dawn' to 'just after sunset'and that depends on region and time of the year.

hmm thanks guys. I feel like we Catholics are being cheated *lol not really*

We only get one meal a day, in the U.S. we are allowed two very small meals but they must not equal one full meal. So basically you eat an apple for breakfast, a carrot for lunch, and then a full meal for dinner, lol.

Thanks a bunch.