hi jauntie..
listen to this.
in month of ramadan, we fast from morn till evening..
measn almost for 13 hours, we fast. we dont eat or drink anything..not even water. u might be aware of that since u were living in jeddah

during ramadan, we wake up early morning. around 3 am and have food beofe the fajr prayer.After the call for fajr prayer has started, we cannot eat or drink anyhting. the fasting starts.
i think u called in when they wer busy preparing food for muslims who cant eat food if they get late.
we eat food just few minutes before the fajr prayer. which means that if the food was delivered five minutes later, they wont be able to finish the food before the prayer.which means that they will have to fast for 13 hours wihout having food.

hope u understood the explanation. but a good hotel should have enough staffs to cater everyone at the same time

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