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Fasting in Islam
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a>, <a href="/facts/Fasting/mL2xf6C1">fasting</a> is the practice of abstaining from food, drink, sexual activity, and anything that substitutes food and drink. During the holy month of <a href="/facts/Ramadan/eBpGEkst">Ramadan</a>, fasting is observed between <a href="/facts/Dawn/8tYr208A">dawn</a> and <a href="/facts/Sunset/vQ9h1P1J">sunset</a> when the <a href="/facts/Adhan/y1X7VAUa">prayer call</a> of the <a href="/facts/Fajr_prayer/E9mssrYg">dawn prayer</a> and the <a href="/facts/Maghrib_prayer/VUVwjgu2">sunset prayer</a> is called. Ramadan is the ninth month of the <a href="/facts/Muslim_calendar/7n4UBAYy">Muslim lunar calendar</a> and fasting is a requirement for able Muslims as it is the fourth of the <a href="/facts/Five_Pillars_of_Islam/LmdL77oJ">five pillars of Islam</a>. </p>