Ramadan’s inherent spirituality naturally inspires the Dawoodi Bohra community to actively participate in a host of social initiatives during the Holy month. Although the month is characterised by a break away from daily routines and a pushing of personal boundaries, the faithful find the strength to attend to their businesses, jobs and education. Reading the Holy Quran, attending discourses and sermons and reciting supplications that may be neglected at other times of the year is a common practice among community members of all ages during Ramadan. Prayers are offered at their initial time, sleep patterns change and evenings are devoted to communal gatherings. ![]() Community members make it a point to gather in their local masjids and community centres for imamat (communal prayers) in the early morning just before sunrise for fajr, in the afternoon for zuhr and asr and immediately after sunset for maghrib, after which they break the fast and isha al-akhira. Its hallmark is the fast, which begins shortly before dawn and ends at sunset and can vary across the globe from being akin to missing lunch, to stretching to 20 hours in the northern hemisphere summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar is Ramadan.
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