Is anyone interested in knowing the reason why Islam starts Ramadan with the sighting of a crescent moon?

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What do you think?

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Why is the feast of Ramadan marked by the appearance of the crescent moon?

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I think you mean the fast of Ramadan. God commanded Muslims in the Qur'ân to fast from dawn to sunset during the month called Ramadan (see Qur'ân 2:185, 187). The beginning and end of the month is determined by the crescent (2:189) based on the instruction of God's Messenger, on whom be peace.

Why this method and not another is not for us to say but for God and His Messenger to prescribe. However, I find it an efficient method. It is a universally applicable method, and it allows for Ramadan to move through all the seasons. This allows believers to have the pleasure of worshipping God by fasting in all the various seasons: one year in the summer, some years later in the winter."

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This will be my first Ramadan since my conversion to Islam and I must admit that I am getting a bit nervous. I am worried that I will find the fasting just too hard. I pray that I will find the strength that I need.Inshaallah.
Thank you my sister, for your information it is welcomed.

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I thought I would also add another part of the article that you posted since many might be interested in this information as well: "The crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years. Information on the origins of the symbol are difficult to ascertain, but most sources agree that these ancient celestial symbols were in use by the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of sun, moon, and sky gods. There are also reports that the crescent moon and star were used to represent the Carthaginian goddess Tanit or the Greek goddess Diana. The city of Byzantium (later known as Constantinople and Istanbul) adopted the crescent moon symbol. According to some reports, they chose it in honor of the goddess Diana. Others indicate that it dates back to a battle in which the Romans defeated the Goths on the first day of a lunar month. In any event, the crescent moon was featured on the city's flag even before the birth of Christ."

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The word Ramd in Arabic means to burn hence Ramadan is a month that sins burn away, inshallah.

The moon is something we use to keep time and nothing else. To those say we worship the moon this is another lie because why we use a crescent instead of a moon, as a symbol. shouldn't we use the moon as a symbol if we worshiped it? The main point is that the crescent wasn't used a symbol in Islam until the Ottoman Turk period during the 16th century.

Then does the Christains worship the sun because they follow a solar calender then?

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ty sis that is the 1 thing i have not gotten to yet, & when do Ramadan start & end this year?i need all the help you would like to give me,

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Jazaki Allah khair sister

May Allah reward you for all the great posts you post every day

Muslims don't worship the moon as some answers said

Do not make obeisance to the sun nor to the moon; and make obeisance to Allah Who created them, if Him it is that you serve. [Surah Hamim-Sajda (41): 37]

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Moon worship has been practiced in Arabia since 2000 BC. The crescent moon is the most common symbol of this pagan moon worship as far back as 2000 BC.
In Mecca, there was a god named Hubal who was Lord of the Kabah.
This Hubal was a moon god.
One Muslim apologist confessed that the idol of moon god Hubal was placed upon the roof of the Kaba about 400 years before Muhammad. This may in fact be the origin of why the crescent moon is on top of every minaret at the Kaba today and the central symbol of Islam atop of every mosque throughout the world:

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OK thank you but i know all months in our year we do it on moon not just Ramadan if u know because it`s more good than any other thanks any way for your effort to explain to every 1

Answer 8

A real question instead of spam cutting and pasting an answer from some other web site to these "questions" would be preferable

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Thank you. I am reading Al-Qur'an now, and your brief summary is bound to instruct me.

Answer 10

It's because Allah is really a moon god, isn't it? I understand that's why Muslims revere the moon. It's really just a dead ball of dust and rock, but Muhammad didn't know that.