Underprivileged slum dwellers deserve Ramadhan compassion too
President Samia Suluhu Hassan serves an iftar meal to a 6-year-old orphan, Shuraiya Ramadhan from the Rahman orphanage centre in Dodoma, at the Chamwino State House in Dodoma today on March 27, 2024. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE
The Holy Month of Ramadan for this year, 2024, has come to an end, and we are celebrating Idd el Fitr. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic lunar year, and it is the month in which the Holy Qur’an was first revealed. It is a month of fasting from dawn to dusk. As it is written: “You may˺ eat and drink until you see the light of dawn breaking the darkness of night, then complete the fast until nightfall” (Surah Al-Baqarah - 183-187).
As Ramadan is also the month of almsgiving, many people organise iftar dinners for the poor, students, guests, and foreigners. Iftar (also known as Eftari or, Iftor) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan. This is their second meal of the day as the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending at sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
