Muslims in Qatar to fast over 15 hours a day this Ramadan
With the Holy month of Ramadan just a month away, it is now time to prepare for it in right earnest.
Ramadan this year is expected to begin on June 6 and the fasting hours will likely be a little longer than usual.
According to IslamicFinder's calculations, muslims in Qatar will fast from 3.12 a.m. to 6.23 p.m. if Ramadan starts on June 6th, which is 15 hours and 11 minutes.
Meanwhile, Khaleej Times reported that fasting could go up to 15 hours and 10 minutes in UAE this year based on data collected by Ibrahim Al Jarwan, a researcher in astronomy and metrology.
"The new moon of Ramadan is to appear on June 5 at around 6.59am UAE time, but it'll disappear at around 7.25pm or 17 minutes after sunset of the same day."
Al Jarwan said Muslims in the UAE and Qatar have been fasting the longest Ramadans since 2012, and the trend will continue until 2018.
"Fasting time has increased 10 minutes every Ramadan since 2012, and lengthy fasting happens every 33 years."
Muslims in Qatar will have to endure longer summer days with average high temperatures exceeding 40ºC while the average low will be around 28ºC.
Prominent Islamic researcher Dr Sheikh Mohammed Ashmawy told Khaleej Times that the lunar months of Rajab and Shaaban are meant to help Muslims get ready for the holy month of Ramadan.
"As such, it doesn't matter when exactly Ramadan starts as Muslims are already geared up with optional fasting two months earlier, and even all the year round as the companions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to do."
Ramadan is kind of training for all Muslims to abstain not only from evil deeds but rather important from over eating, drinking, talking, and wasting their money and time, he added.
Courtesy: khaleejtimes.com | Photo Credit: Kamran Hanif
Allah has decided and the Muslim has accepted . Simple that.
A muslim will never need to calculate how much is the hours he has to fast.
Mohdata: Well said!
We should be thankful; we live in the middle east which is the easiest place to fast and we are treated like royalty with reduced hours and a great festive feeling all around; people in non Muslim countries have it hardest; life around them goes on as usual and no one could care less... Normal working hours, no holidays and no one could care less if they're fasting... Nothing wrong with that and the point is just that we should appreciate how easy we have it here alhamdlillah....
Allahumma ballighna ramadan! May Allah swt make it easy for us and reward us for our patience & steadfastness.
Agree with Brit and WT. The word "endure" has been used incorrectly.
'endure' means 'to suffer patiently'. Is that what Ramadan is about? If not, then the choice of words is wrong.
they accept it but still have to endure it. I suggest you look for the meaning of endure
'Muslims in Qatar will have to endure longer summer days .....'
This is a very strange sentence .. Muslims readily accept the hours happily .. They don't endure ..
Or do they ?