Ramadan 9 Quotes

#1. 1. Have faith in the one God, Allah, and Muhammad, His Prophet; 2. Pray five times a day; 3. Fast during the day for the entire ninth month of Ramadan; 4. Provide charity; 5. Make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime, if possible.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#2. Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.

Hamza Yusuf

#3. Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.

Tariq Ramadan

#4. In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.

Tariq Ramadan

#5. There's a battle going on inside you in Ramadan, and for 30 days Allah gives you the power to win.

Nouman Ali Khan

#6. I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.

P. J. O'Rourke

#7. Ramadan makes you closer to God.

Saddam Hussein

#8. When Ali was killed by a Kharijite wielding a poisoned sword during Ramadan in A.H. 40 (A.D. 661), he became one of the earliest victims of Islamic terrorism.

Robert Lacey

#9. Eid happens twice a year - Eid ul-Fitr or "Small Eid" marks the end of the Ramadan fasting month, and Eid ul-Azha or "Big Eid" commemorates the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail to God.

Malala Yousafzai

#10. I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

Barack Obama

#11. I look back and half of Ramadan is over in the blink of an eye. Before I know I'll be saying that about my entire life

Nouman Ali Khan

#12. The international community would like to see an agreement in Libya before Ramadan, let me be very cautious about the possibilities for an agreement.

Bernardino Leon

#13. The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).

Tariq Ramadan

#14. Even though the Olympics take place during Ramadan, some Muslim athletes said they will not fast during games. Then, after sampling the British food, they said, on second thought, fasting sounds good.

Conan O'Brien

#15. It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?

David Letterman