Talk:Ramadan

Semi-protected edit request

The sentence "Pregnant women who fast face health risks, including the potential of induced labour and gestational diabetes.[150][151][152]" gives an incomplete overview of the known effects of fasting during pregnancy, as by now much is known about health effects on the children of fasting pregnant women. Please add:

Research shows that fasting during pregnancy has little or no effect on child health at birth. However, negative health effects can develop later in life: child mortality rates are higher, children are on average shorter in height and have somewhat poorer educational performance, and there is an increased likelihood of certain disabilities and of developing chronic diseases in adulthood.

Citation for this: Pradella, F., Witte, P., & van Ewijk, R. (2024). Ramadan during pregnancy and offspring health outcomes over the life course: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Reproduction Update, 30(6), 789-812. researchgate.net/profile/Reyn-Ewijk/publication/383358459_Ramadan_during_pregnancy_and_offspring_health_outcomes_over_the_life_course_a_systematic_review_and_meta-analysis/links/682453ee8a76251f22e1ae93/Ramadan-during-pregnancy-and-offspring-health-outcomes-over-the-life-course-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis.pdf

Unusual statement in lead

Fasting from dawn to sunset is obligatory (fard) for all adult Muslims who are not acutely or chronically ill, travelling, elderly, breastfeeding, diabetic, pregnant, or menstruating. (Emphasis added.) I have a hard time believing that diabetes is specifically mentioned in the Quran or hadith as an exemption. This is only found in the lead; the body does not mention diabetes. This claim seems to be cited to a defective SFN without a corresponding full citation. I think this should be removed and the citation replaced with something better, unless someone can come up with evidence otherwise. — Anonymous 19:56, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

@An anonymous username, not my real name Tried searching for something on this but found nothing. Ill remove it and if someone finds a source they can add it back 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 20:36, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

I think the removal was correct, but besides that, the sentence already says "chronically ill", and diabetes is a chronic illness. TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 17:50, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2025

Change the first instance of “Ramadan” in the Etymology section, which is italicised, to an un-italicised version. Mustyverymusty (talk) 16:15, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

 Not done No reason given, and it is a common convention to italicise a word (as opposed to a concept referred to by s word) that is discussed. --bonadea contributions talk 16:19, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2025

Third paragraph of the section on Laws, last sentence, says "many Uyghurs do not fast...because 'the Chinese government guarantees freedom of religion.'" This seems contradictory. I tried to open the source article to read the context, but it's paywalled. If there is additional context, and the sentence is correct, the context would be helpful in understanding the statement, as it currently is somewhat incomprehensible. Tskym (talk) 13:40, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

according to locals, "the Chinese government guarantees freedom of religion".
The locals are being sarcastic 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:57, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 17:02, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2025

Rather than referring to the prophet as muhammad it is necessary to say Muhammad peace be unto him or TO PBUH for short. It is considered disrespectful to refer to the prophet in any other way. 185.134.145.240 (talk) 02:23, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 03:43, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia, as a matter of policy, does not do pbuh. - Walter not in the Epstein files Ego 18:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Moon sighting

I'm sure my question must be a common one, or I have a common misconception, or something like that.

In the second paragraph of Important dates, it says Many Muslims insist on the local physical sighting of the moon to mark the beginning of Ramadan, ...

I live in a place where having several consecutive days of overcast skies is a distinct possibility. Do the people who insist on local sighting delay the beginning of Ramadan until the weather improves? TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 18:03, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

No. Silly question. They rely on somebody seeing the rising moon, or at least they did when I lived in a muslim country. - Walter not in the Epstein files Ego 18:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

@Roxy the dog It's certainly not a silly question, and your answer isn't valid. The part I quoted says "many Muslims", which means there are many other Muslims who don't necessarily rely on local observation; you gave a tiny anecdotal snippet regarding the particular group of people you were near at the time, without showing that they were among those who insist on a local sighting. TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 15:52, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Perfectly valid answer to a silly question. - Walter not in the Epstein files Ego 16:18, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

You strongly implied you are not a Muslim, and you said that the little group of people you happened to meet were not concerned about this idea. In other words, you're entirely clueless. You didn't show that your little group of friends speak for all Muslims worldwide. TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 05:11, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Page doesn't match the citation.

In the Fasting topic, the following is said. "Exemptions from fasting include those traveling, menstruating, severely ill, pregnant, or breastfeeding.".

Linking it to the cited article [60] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Islam. However, after looking at the article, I don't see it mentioned anywhere that menstruating people are exempt from Ramadan. Sonecaelian (talk) 11:44, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Infobox image

Can anyone plzz change infobox image to

File:Ramadan montage.jpg

~2026-12307-67 (talk) 22:15, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: MIT 298 Intercultural Communication

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 January 2026 and 20 April 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Aishaaas1234! (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Falkhater.

— Assignment last updated by Alieh Ahmad (talk) 07:56, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Canaveral or Kazahkstan?

At Ramadan § Ramadan in Earth orbit:

Muslim astronauts in space schedule their religious practices according to the time zone of their most recent physical contact with the Earth. For example, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, an astronaut from Malaysia launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome calculates their times for fasting and prayers according to the sunrise and sunset times in Cape Canaveral, which is in the Eastern Time Zone.

So what does Canaveral have to do with it? Shouldn't it be the time in Kazakhstan (UTC+5)? —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 17:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)