FASTING HOURS In different countries. 1. Saudi Arabia: 15 hours 2. Nigeria: 14 hours 3. Kuwait: 16 hours 4. Morrocco: 14 hours 5. China: 14 hours 6. Pakistan: 14 hour 30 minutes 7. Japan: 14 hour 30 minutes 8. Korea: 12 hours 9. United Kingdom: 18 hour 10. France: 16 hours 11. Denmark: 21 hours 12. Iceland: 20 hours 20 minutes 13. Netherland: 18hours 30minutes 14. Argentina: 9 hours 30minutes 15. Canada: 18hours 16. U.S.A: 15 hours 17. Mexico: 13 hours 18. South Africa: 10 hours 30 minutes 19. India: 14 hours 30 minutes 20. Lithuania: 19 hours 21. Espania: 21 hour 21 minutes... 22. Norway : 22 hours 22. Somalia : 10 hours 22. Australia: 12 hours 23. Brazil: 12 hours Muslims living in countries in the Northern Hemisphere will be fasting 18 to 21 hour long fasts. In Trondheim, Norway for example will be praying Fajr Salaah around 1:39am and Magrhib Salaah at 11:34pm. That’s a fast of almost 22 hours. Alaskan Muslims will also be fasting for most of the day, as will Scandinavian and German Muslims, while Muslims in the United Kingdom will observe an 18 hour fast. Dawn to sunset is over 15 hours in the Saudi Arabian regions. Muslims in Somalia, Australia will fast for just over 12 hours while Muslims in the North of Africa, Pakistan and India will experience 14 to 16 hour fasts. Muslims who live in lands in which the sun does not set during the summer and does not rise during the winter, Greenland for instance, have to perform the five daily prayers in each twenty-four hour period. They should estimate their times based on the nearest country in which the times of the five daily prayers can be distinguished from one another. Similarly their fasting period is calculated in this way. They can set the time for their fast and determine the beginning and end of Ramadan and the times of starting and breaking the fast each day by the dawn and sunset each day in the closest country in which night can be distinguished from day. The total period must add up to twenty-four hours. In 2013, a Lebanese man living in the city of Nuuk in Greenland was reported as being the only Muslim in the country fasting for Ramadan. His fast lasted a total of 21 hours. The man, Wassam Azaqeer, has been living in Greenland for many years and runs a restaurant in Greenland. After fasting 21 hours, Wassam has about three hours to prepare for suhur and also to offer Maghrib, Isha and Tarawee prayers. According to reports, while Azaqeer said he was able to return to his homeland for Ramadan he chose to remain in Nuuk during Ramadan because “if [he] left Greenland, there won’t be anyone to fast and pray on this land.” Via Barr. Isah Evuti
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 06:33:47 +0000