The Arabic Month of Ramadan

The word Ramadan is derived from the Arabic root ramiḍa or ar-ramaḍ, "the burning heat", and "drought." The month of Ramadan is where the Qur'an was revealed. Guidance for humanity, clear proof of guidelines, standards (right and wrong).

Ramadan in Egypt

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar year. It is time for fasting, blessing, and prayers to commemorate the first verses of the Holy Qur’an of the Prophet Muhammad by the Holy Spirit Gabriel. As it is a time when Muslims refrain from eating during daylight hours as a sacrifice to remind them of the challenges of the poor.

Despite the similar times in themselves, they differ in the goodness and the guidance that takes place in them, and God Almighty has singled out the blessed month of Ramadan with many advantages that earn it a sanctuary and increase people's appetite for good works during it,

Traveling and Visiting Egypt during Ramadan Month
When you plan your tours to Egypt during Ramadan, you will notice that one of the characteristics of the month is that God Almighty revealed his wise book To purify the hearts and fill the minds with wisdom, where God Almighty sent the Holy Qur’an to the lowest heaven in one sentence, or the beginning of the descent of the Qur’an in it, then his verses were revealed according to what the wisdom of God Almighty requires, and what distinguishes the month of Ramadan that God Almighty imposed on Muslims fasting during its day It should be noted that fasting has great implications for For servants, as he purifies their morals, cleanses their hearts, and repairs themselves

The most distinguishing feature of Ramadan Festival in Egypt is the presence of the greatest night, which is the Night of Power, in which the Holy Qur’an was revealed to our master Muhammad - may God bless him and grant him peace - and his descent was in the year six hundred and ten AD, and then the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - was present in the cave of Hira, and in this, The place was revealed by the revelation of Gabriel - upon him be peace -, and the first verse was revealed to him is the Almighty saying: "Read in the name of your Lord who created", and the Holy Qur’an was revealed at once in the Night of Power which was its descent from the preserved tablet.

The reason for naming this month is due to the fact that the word Ramadan is derived from the origin of Ramadan, which is defined as the intensity and strength of the heat, and its derivation is based on the weight of Ramadan, which means that it has become hotter, and the heat has passed in the sense that the heat has increased in intensity on them, and at that time they have transferred all the names of the months from The language that was prevalent in the old days, and they began to call it names related to the times, and this corresponds to Ramadan during the days of Ramadan, which means extreme heat and strong, and since then it was called Ramadan.

Ramadan Traditions in Egypt and rites consist in that Muslims fast during Ramadan, and he is one of the obligatory prayers that was imposed on Muslims, and it is one of the five pillars of Islam, which the Islamic religion is only valid with it. , And this timing is specified for all parts of the Earth with a difference in timing difference. Among the most important benefits of fasting is that it works to purify and purify the human soul and draw closer to God Almighty by committing to the imposition of fasting, and in this great month all the gates of Hell are closed, and the doors of mercy and forgiveness are opened to Muslims,

Exemptions to fasting include travel, menstruation, severe illness, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. However, many Muslims with medical conditions insist on fasting to satisfy their spiritual needs, although it is not recommended by hadith. Those unable to fast are obligated to make up the missed days later.

Suhur is the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting (sawm), before dawn during or outside the Islamic month of Ramadan. The meal is eaten before the fajr prayer. Suhur is matched to iftar as the evening meal, during Ramadan, replacing the traditional three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), although in some places dinner is also consumed after iftar later during the night.

Being the last meal eaten by Muslims before fasting from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan, Suhur is regarded by Islamic traditions as a benefit of the blessings in that it allows the person fasting to avoid the crankiness or weakness caused by the fast. According to a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Anas ibn Malik narrated, "The Prophet said, 'take suhoor as there is a blessing in it.'"

At sunset, families break the fast with breakfast, and the meal opens traditionally, where people start to break their dates with moisture, while drinking milk, moon religion, and a drink, and some may like to drink fresh juices such as oranges, mangoes, or melons. After returning from Maghrib prayer, people start eating Molokhia, soup, and mixed vegetables, pasta with bechamel, and decorate the table with a green salad or yogurt salad with cucumbers, stuffed vine leaves, and the main course is grilled chicken or some grill, such as kebab and kofta.

After finishing the Iftar, some sweets should be sweetened, the most famous of which are: Konafa, Qatif, Baklawa, Mohalabiya, and Umm Ali, and this, of course, vary from table to table according to the taste of each family.
One of the customs that characterize this country is what is known as magicians, a person who passes through the neighborhoods and homes in order to wake them up at the time of suhoor with his famous call: God ", and the Al-Maserati - or Al-Muhuroor as in some countries - appeared in the third century AH, and then spread in many Arab countries. It has started to recede as a result of the availability of modern wake-up tools, such as alarm clocks and others, and they no longer exist except in villages and villages Popular modesty.