Ramadan 2022 Starting Date Announced As Moon Is Sighted 

Ramadan 2022 starting date for holy month has been announced to start on Saturday as moon is sighted 

iexclusivenews reports that the home to Islam’s holiest sites, Saudi Arabia, announced it would start the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Saturday.

“Tomorrow, Saturday will be the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan,” the kingdom said Friday, in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

This online news outlet gathered that many Muslim-majority countries traditionally have followed dates set by Saudi religious authorities.

But in recent years, many have used their own astronomic calculations.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, four additional Gulf Arab countries, have all marked the start of Ramadan on Saturday.

Oman, on the other hand, has stated that it will begin a day later.

What You Need To Know

The beginning date of Ramadan, the dawn-to-dusk fasting month.

Is decided by lunar calculations as well as physical observations of a new moon.

Observant Muslims fast from sunrise to dusk and usually break their fast with family and friends in the evening.

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The beginning date of Ramadan, the dawn-to-dusk fasting month, is decided by lunar calculations as well as physical observations of a new moon.

Observant Muslims fast from sunrise to dusk and usually break their fast with family and friends in the evening.

It is also a time of prayer, when Muslims flock to mosques in huge numbers, especially at night.

According to .iexclusive News Nigeria  Ramadan is a sacred month for the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims.

Ramadan is said to be the month when Prophet Mohammed began receiving revelations from the Muslim holy book, the Koran.

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However, Ramadan is one of Islam’s five “pillars.”

The other is a statement of faith. (“There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his messenger”).

The responsibility to pray five times a day, to practice charity, and to make at least one trip to Mecca throughout one’s lifetime.