The Islamic religion has many celebrations and holy days, but here are three of the most significant days.
Every year, Muslims spend the 9th month as the time of fasting from dawn to sunset called Ramadan. This is the most cherrished of months in the Islam religon. They consider this month a blessed month. The most special night of Ramdan is Laylat al Qadr and it is said that this is the night that the Qur'an fell out of the sky. Nobody is sure the exact day that this happened but special prayers go out in the last ten days of the month hoping that one of the nights is Laylat al Qadr. Id-ul-Fitr is the holiday before breaking the fast.
The Muslims follow on a different month set called Hijri, instead of being based on the solar year made of 365 days, they are based on the lunar year consisting of 354 days which include all the holidays and dates of when to celebrate each and every one.
Another famous Islmaic holiday is Hajj, or the journey making a pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca), in Saudi, Arabia. This is celebrated in the 12th month. Hajj is even considered one of the five of the Five Pillars of Islam. A Muslim must make this trip at least once in his or her entire lifetime.
Male Muslims are obligated to attend special Friday prayers in their local mosque, which is their holy building of worship and service to Allah.
Here is a link to check out some more of Islamic Holy Days.
Every year, Muslims spend the 9th month as the time of fasting from dawn to sunset called Ramadan. This is the most cherrished of months in the Islam religon. They consider this month a blessed month. The most special night of Ramdan is Laylat al Qadr and it is said that this is the night that the Qur'an fell out of the sky. Nobody is sure the exact day that this happened but special prayers go out in the last ten days of the month hoping that one of the nights is Laylat al Qadr. Id-ul-Fitr is the holiday before breaking the fast.
The Muslims follow on a different month set called Hijri, instead of being based on the solar year made of 365 days, they are based on the lunar year consisting of 354 days which include all the holidays and dates of when to celebrate each and every one.
Another famous Islmaic holiday is Hajj, or the journey making a pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca), in Saudi, Arabia. This is celebrated in the 12th month. Hajj is even considered one of the five of the Five Pillars of Islam. A Muslim must make this trip at least once in his or her entire lifetime.
Male Muslims are obligated to attend special Friday prayers in their local mosque, which is their holy building of worship and service to Allah.
Here is a link to check out some more of Islamic Holy Days.
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