Believers abstain from consuming any food or liquid between fajr and maghrib prayers (at dawn and sunset) for the period of a whole month.Thiruvananthapuram: Muslim clerics announced that the holy month of Ramadan will begin in Kerala only on Thursday, May 17.
The month of Ramzan, when Muslims keep a dawn-to-dusk fast, begins depending upon the sighting of the moon.
Pannakad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, the supreme leader of the Indian Union Muslim League, made the announcement.
Believers abstain from consuming any food or liquid between fajr and maghrib prayers (at dawn and sunset) for the period of a whole month.
It is the most holy month in the calendar for Muslims as it is believed the Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammed during Ramzan.
In the holy month that falls as the ninth in the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, Muslims will fast and engage in special prayers and keep away from several temporal activities.
The month of piety and fasts ends with with Eid ul-Fitr and normally lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending upon the sighting of the moon.
