The dating one, im pretty sure is not in the Quran. With the no pig rule. People are unclear on the reasong behind it, but it is believed to be for health reasons as pigs are the dirtiest animals. We fast so those of us living in the industrialized world remember and can feel how other people in the developing world live daily. We are putting ourselves in their shoes so we do nbot forget about them.
oh. it started for us in eastern time on sept23rd and ends october23rd @sniper: infact, I'm still learning on this matter. I believe you can date at the age of 18+(maturity) for men maturity is : growing a beard and it is thick/visible clearly(not just little peach-fuz) being able to make your own desicision and accepting consquences prayers/deeds affect your after-life.
6 in the morning till 6 in the evening. What most of us do is get up early and have a bite to eat. This way you dont suffer in school.
what do you mean most of us lennox? are you muslim? lol... and its not 6-6. it starts from like 5:00 and can end on 7:00 and later in the fallish months were you fall-back an hour its at 6:00
then again I could be wrong. but it is either in quraan or in hadiths(messages of prophets) but I pretty sure it talks about love/marriage and we expand on that.
Yes im obviously Muslim. I haven't read the entire Qu'ran but I've read several of the sura and ayats. Go to religious classes once a week since i was 6 and go to the mosque once or twice a week. Tons of friends that are really heavy into reading hadiths and what the imams say. I am too and i have never heard anything like that.
Some take it the point of nothing at all. Some just have some water when they really need it. You don't want to get dehydrated and pass out. Thats not the point of fasting.
No You starve of thirst!(lol) sometimes my gym teacher doesn't make me run the mile practice because I'm fasting. I haven't done it for 3 days. I'm going to do it next week though.
Nice to see some Muslims on GR. How is fasting going for everyone? I find it very fufilling. I have to go to football pratice evryday and I fast through that without any water, it is hard but I feel very good after pratice (idk why) I love fasting, it isnt hard and I love the good food and TV shows (Arabic TV shows) Also I have lost 6 pounds already, but that really isnt the point.
no, there are many. Each mosque has its own imam. an imam is the wisest/best riciter/ person who memorized the most quraan.
Mk thanks. Probaly a good idea, don't drink unless seriously needing it. Up at 6 tomorrow I guess then