Hi - I'm travelling to Morocco soon and have heard that it is currently ramadan over there (i'm so sorry if i have spelt this incorrectly, i really don't mean to be ignorant!). Can you tell me how this will affect my visit and what dates would be best to go. It will effect the eating outside habit only, as you may well know, during Ramadan nobody eats during the day, (until 6:45 pm app.); so other than that i think you should be OK, if you don't fast, it won't be a problem,just respect the others and don't eat or smoke on public.
The monuments will always be there, with or without Ramadan. Always thought Ramadan was round about November where ever you were. RAMADAM IS THE NINTH MONTH OF THE MOSLEM CALENDER,SUNRISE TO SUNSET IS,I UNDERSTAND,THE IMPORTANT TIME OF THE DAY. Isn't Ramadam in November? And I'm guessing that your gonna have to starve yourself as well. ramadan is the 9th month on the Islamic calender. not necessarily in november. every year the start of ramadan is 10 days before the previous year (according to general calender). it wont affect anything but eating outside, like someone just said. ramadan hasnt started yet here in the UK, it starts on the 11th or 12th, depending on the moon, so i doubt ramadan has started in morocco.
by the way, the fast closes at sunrise and opens at sunset, and its not starving urself. a non muslim doesnt HAVE to fast in a muslim country Ramadan starts on 12 or 13th of September and will last for one month. Ramadan will start this month on the 13th, possibly the 12th,(depends on the new moon) GOD willing. Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. It would be more polite to not eat or drink, or smoke in front of fasting people, But they understand you are not muslim. Many places will close early so people can get home to break the fast...and things will appear a bit slower during the day. But all in all its a great experience for you even though youre not fasting.... I am a British man living in Morocco and I dont have any problems. I dont fast but my wife does, you just have to respect the locals and dont eat and drink or smoke publicly. Hotel bars will still serve you alcohol etc but the stores clear there shelves of alcohol about 15 days before. Life is slower but comes alive in the evenings so it could even add to your holiday experience. Have a good time. Ramandan starts September 13th and lasts one month. A lot of places will be closed or have limited hours like the tourist sites. Restaurants/cafes will close until sundown. You will still be able to enjoy your vacation everything will just be a little slower than ususal. It's actually a nice time to visit because the evening hours are festive. Hello,
September is Ramadan month. I am in close contact with my friend who is in Khemisset Morocco. I too will be traveling there around late October. Email me, we can compare notes
about Morocco. It will be my first visit there. Ramadan should start on 13 September and will last for a month. It's hard to find places to eat and drink during daylight hours expect hotels. The people tend to dress more conservatively and you're likely to see a few fights as people are short tempered due to their lack of caffiene and tabacco. Stay off the streets from half an hour before they break the fast as they drive like lunatics to get home in time to eat and there are a lot of accidents. It's also advisable not to go out alone during the hour or so people are eating as the street are deserted and it's a prime opportunity for mugging innocent tourists with a wallet full of cash.
The evenings are livelier than the rest of the year with people staying out late at cafes and socializing. There's a much better atmosphere in the eveings than during the day. If this is your first trip to Morocco, you should know that Ramadan is not how it normally is.
Enjoy your trip! Hi i just thought of letting u know i've just come back from Marrakech yesterday and they have just started to prepare things for Ramadhan.
It is confirmed that Ramadhan will start 13th Sept It will last for a month everyday from sunrise to sunset.
However if ur not a muslim u shouldnt need to worry abt anything. if ur travelling to Marrakech do visit the main square called Jemma el Fna. GREAT PLACE, GREAT POEPLE. LOVED MY TRIP. TRULY AMAZING.
Be careful about the FOOD. abt what u eat my mum and i got food poisoning!
weather can be variable last 3 days it has been cloudy at aroun 23C but i did get sunburnt at times where temperature soars to 31C.
Anything else u want to know feel free to ask. definetely laid back atmosphere as some said the monuments will all be there regardless of Ramadhan just plz have the respect and patience for muslims who are fasting and at sunrise and sunset times will be a delicate time to ask them to do something for u.ok! o/w you will gr8 time. let me know how it went love to know. Etiquette and Sunnah of fasting
Some aspects are obligatory (waajib) and others are recommended (mustahabb).
We should make sure that we eat and drink something at suhoor, and that we delay it until just before the adhaan of Fajr. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淗ave suhoor, for in suhoor there is blessing (barakah).鈥?(Reported by al-Bukhaari, Fath, 4/139). 鈥淪uhoor is blessed food, and it involves being different from the people of the Book. What a good suhoor for the believer is dates.鈥?(Reported by Abu Dawood, no. 2345; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/448).
Not delaying iftaar, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淭he people will be fine so long as they do not delay iftaar.鈥?(Reported by al-Bukhaari, Fath, 4/198).
Breaking one's fast in the manner described in the hadeeth narrated by Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him): 鈥淭he Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to break his fast with fresh dates before praying; if fresh dates were not available, he would eat (dried) dates; if dried dates were not available, he would have a few sips of water.鈥?(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3/79 and others. He said it is a ghareeb hasan hadeeth. Classed as saheeh in al-Irwa鈥? no. 922).
After iftaar, reciting the words reported in the hadeeth narrated by Ibn 鈥楿mar (may Allaah be pleased with them both), according to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when he broke his fast, would say: 鈥淒hahaba al-zama鈥? wa鈥檅tallat al-鈥榰rooq, wa thabat al-ajru in sha Allaah (Thirst is gone, veins are flowing again, and the reward is certain, in sha Allaah).鈥?(Reported by Abu Dawood, 2/765; its isnaad was classed as hasan by al-Daaraqutni, 2/185).
Keeping away from sin, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淲hen any of you is fasting, let him not commit sin鈥︹€?(Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 1904). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淲hoever does not stop speaking falsehood and acting in accordance with it, Allaah has no need of him giving up his food and drink.鈥?(Al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 1903). The person who is fasting should avoid all kinds of haraam actions, such as backbiting, obscenity and lies, otherwise his reward may all be lost. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淚t may be that a fasting person gets nothing from his fast except hunger.鈥?(Reported by Ibn Maajah, 1/539; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/453).
Among the things that can destroy one鈥檚 hasanaat (good deeds) and bring sayi鈥檃at (bad deeds) is allowing oneself to be distracted by quiz-shows, soap operas, movies and sports matches, idle gatherings, hanging about in the streets with evil people and time-wasters, driving around for no purpose, and crowding the streets and sidewalks, so that the months of tahajjud, dhikr and worship, for many people, becomes the month of sleeping in the day so as to avoid feeling hungry, thus missing their prayers and the opportunity to pray them in congregation, then spending their nights in entertainment and indulging their desires. Some people even greet the month with feelings of annoyance, thinking only of the pleasures they will miss out on. In Ramadaan, some people travel to kaafir lands to enjoy a holiday! Even the mosques are not free from such evils as the appearance of women wearing makeup and perfume, and even the Sacred House of Allaah is not free of these ills. Some people make the month a season for begging, even though they are not in need. Some of them entertain themselves with dangerous fireworks and the like, and some of them waste their time in the markets, wandering around the shops, or sewing and following fashions. Some of them put new products and new styles in their stores during the last ten days of the month, to keep people away from earning rewards and hasanaat.
Not allowing oneself to be provoked, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淚f someone fights him or insults him, he should say, 鈥業 am fasting, I am fasting.鈥欌€?(Reported by al-Bukhaari and others. Al-Fath, no. 1894) One reason for this is to remind himself, and another reason is to remind his adversary. But anyone who looks at the conduct of many of those who fast will see something quite different. It is essential to exercise self-control and be calm, but we see the opposite among crazy drivers who speed up when they hear the adhaan for Maghrib.
(*) Not eating too much, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淭he son of Adam fills no worse vessel than his stomach.鈥?(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 2380; he said, this is a hasan saheeh hadeeth). The wise person wants to eat to live, not live to eat. The best type of food is that which is there to be used, not that which is there to be served. But people indulge in making all kinds of food (during Ramadaan) and treating food preparation as a virtual art form, so that housewives and servants spend all their time on making food, and this keeps them away from worship, and people spend far more on food during Ramadaan than they do ordinarily. Thus the month becomes the month of indigestion, fatness and gastric illness, where people eat like gluttons and drink like thirsty camels, and when they get up to pray Taraaweeh, they do so reluctantly, and some of them leave after the first two rak鈥檃hs.
(*) Being generous by sharing knowledge, giving money, using one鈥檚 position of authority or physical strength to help others, and having a good attitude. Al-Bukhaari and Muslim reported that Ibn 鈥楢bbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: 鈥淭he Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the most generous of people [in doing good], and he was most generous of all in Ramadaan when Jibreel met with him, and he used to meet him every night in Ramadaan and teach him the Qur鈥檃an. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was more generous in doing good than a blowing wind.鈥?(Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, no. 6). How can people exchange generosity for stinginess and action for laziness, to the extent that they do not do their work properly and do not treat one another properly, and they use fasting as an excuse for all this.
Combining fasting with feeding the poor is one of the means of reaching Paradise, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淚n Paradise there are rooms whose outside can be seen from the inside and the inside can be seen from the outside. Allaah has prepared them for those who feed the poor, who are gentle in speech, who fast regularly and who pray at night when people are asleep.鈥?(Reported by Ahmad 5/343; Ibn Khuzaymah, no. 2137. Al-Albaani said in his footnote, its isnaad is hasan because of other corroborating reports). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 鈥淲hoever gives food to a fasting person with which to break his fast, will have a reward equal to his, without it detracting in the slightest from the reward of the fasting person.鈥?(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3/171; Saheeh al-Targheeb, 1/451). Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 鈥淲hat is meant is that he should feed him until he is satisfied.鈥?(Al-Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah, p. 109).
A number of the Salaf (may Allaah have mercy on them) preferred the poor over themselves when feeding them at the time of iftaar. Among these were 鈥楢bd-Allaah ibn 鈥楿mar, Maalik ibn Deenaar, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and others. 鈥楢bd-Allaah ibn 鈥楿mar would not break his fast unless there were orphans and poor people with him. |
