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  Ramadan is underway for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims. According to the Quran, Ramadan is when the Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, making it the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. During this time Muslims are meant to re-engage with the faith, partaking in fasting, prayer, and   sadaqah  (voluntary charity that is not necessarily monetary). The fast takes place from sunrise to sundown, and goes beyond abstaining from food and yes even water. Muslims also refrain from smoking, alcohol, sex, backbiting, gossip, and swearing–including road rage. Given that Ramadan is dictated by a lunar calendar, the month moves ahead each year, so this year, Ramadan takes place in the dead of summer, a particularly difficult time to fast.  The month acts as a spiritual and physical detoxification of sorts. So how does all this fasting actually work? Muslims wake before sunrise to have a meal known as  suhur . After peopl...

 A  year has passed and here we are once again at the doorstep of another month of Ramadan. It seems as if it was only yesterday that we were bidding farewell to this holy month. Last Ramadan we had begged Allah to forgive us our sins and had promised ourselves not to return to those sins ever again. Many of us fell short in that and soon returned to our old ways after Ramadan. It is due to the vast mercy of Allah that he has granted us another chance to receive this year’s Ramadan so that we can turn to Him in repentance. How many family members, friends, classmates, and coworkers who were with us last Ramadan parted from us and are now buried in the soil beneath the earth? Let us wake up and prepare ourselves to receive this Ramadan with seriousness, for we do not know whether we will see another Ramadan after it! The month of Ramadan is a unique month due to the  special virtues that have been mentioned with regards to it. Of those virtues are the following: 1. It is t...