Search results for "Sawm" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • of faith), salat (ritual prayer), zakat (alms tax), sawm (fasting during Ramadan), and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Cyril Glassé (ed.), The New ...
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  • observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection, and community. A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, the ...
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  • month of the Islamic calendar, daytime fasting (sawm) is practiced by most observant Muslims. Every day during the month of Ramadan, no Muslim is supposed ...
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  • * Sawm (Fast) – fasting during the holy month of Ramadhan * Hajj (Pilgrimage) – performing the pilgrimage to Mecca * Zakat (Poor-rate) – ...
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  • Sawm In Islam, fasting is an obligatory practice during the holy month of Ramadan, from fajr (dawn), until maghrib (sunset). There are some exceptions ...
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  • 9:60). One of the practical purposes of fasting or sawm during the month of Ramadan is to help one empathize with the hunger pangs of those less fortunate ...
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  • Jihad ( جهاد ) is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to strive, or “struggle” in ways related to Islam, both for ...
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  • *Ramadhan: Fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan (sawm). *Hajj: The Pilgrimage (Hajj) at Mecca during the month of Dhul Hijjah, which ...
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  • ascetic practice. Islam, for example, practices sawm, which is fasting during the month of Ramadan. Hermetic solitariness and renunciation of possessions ...
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