Sawm (fasting)

What is Sawm?

• Fasting
• Pilgrimage 
• Prayer
• Charity

What happens if you miss 1 or 2 days of fasting in Ramadan?

• You are not truly a Muslim person
• 2 years of bad luck
• You have to make it up on a later date
• Nothing

How long does Ramadan usually last?

• 29-30
• 30-32
• 28-29
• 30-31

What are the meals before and after breakfast called?

• Isa and Nabi
• Suhur and Iftar
• Ākhirah and Ālamīn 
• Sunrise and Sunset

What is one significant reason as to why the Muslim community fast?

• To challenge themselves
• Because it says so in the Quran
• To bring them closer to God
• Jesus did for 40 days and 40 nights so the people must

What is the month in which the Muslim community fasts?

• Rajab
•  Dhul Qadah
• Muharram
• Ramadan

True or False: All Muslims have to fast?

• True
• False

True or False: Fasting helps the Muslim people become more spiritually in tact? 

• True
• False