When it's Ramadan

Before Ramadan is a few days, and we see how Muslims around the world are preparing for the arrival of this holy month. Wives and mothers are stocking food and products. Men are busy buying clothes and gifts for the meeting of Eid. Today we explore the customs and traditions of Islamic culture, seeing how Muslims conduct Saum, and how to celebrate Eid.

   First of all, let's see: What is Ramadan?

   Ramadan - a time when Muslims around the world keep fasting, abstaining during the day from food, drink and intimate relations, focusing on serving the Creator. Being engaged in their daily lives, they seek to serve God with more zeal than it does on other days.

     Let's look at the life of ordinary Muslims in the month of Ramadan. For example, his name is Najib. On the eve of Ramadan, Najib and his wife are busy with preparations for this holy month. Purchases of products, and all things be done the week before Ramadan. During Ramadan Najib wakes up before dawn to prepare and take their morning meal - Suhoor, and waiting for the adhan for the morning prayer - Fajr, read the Holy Quran.

  In order to finish reading the Quran to the end of Ramadan, each day Najib reads one part of Scripture. He carefully reread the text of the Quran, reflecting on the read. During the day, he continues to do their daily business, but throughout the day, he tries in the name of God, to think about good and embody the only good. In this sense, Ramadan is a month of physical and spiritual purification.

   At any time and in any situation a Muslim should always remember God (he is holy and Great) and his power. I sincerely religious man in any day of his life should avoid evil and wicked deeds. Ramadan - the possibility of improvement in the spiritual plane, and Najib is trying to be a believer in the true sense of the word.

   Despite the fact that Ramadan is the holy month, when the believer must concentrate on the prayers, this does not mean that Najib put aside all their affairs and concerns. Ordinary life goes on, he goes to work, striving to perfect cope with their responsibilities, and it does not hinder his prayers. On the way back, he stops at a supermarket and buys their home sweets for iftar. At home he helps his wife to cook food, and as soon as the azan is heard, they are eating dates and drinking milk, to interrupt his post.

   Then they, along with his wife commit evening prayer. After the prayers they can expect a delicious and hot meals - dinner simple, because too much food can distract people from thinking about God and will make you sleepy. Then they read and study the Holy Quran. With the first sounds of the adhan for Isha prayer, they gather in mosques to, along with other Muslims to make Isha and tarauih. Their schedule does not change and the next day.

  So Muslims live in the holy Ramadan. In various Muslim countries still exist certain differences in the meeting and conduct of this month. But all Muslims aspire to one thing: in their own affairs and thoughts to please the Creator, God Almighty (Holy He is great).