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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Hijri year. Muslims fast in it from dawn to sunset, and it is the month in which the Quran was revealed, as the Quran itself mentions.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Hijri year, in which fasting is obligatory. Its details are in the entry on fasting Ramadan. Al-Baqara 185 mentions that this is the month in which the Quran was revealed. From here the month is linked to both reading and fasting. Fasting itself is one of the five pillars of Islam ¹. We have discussed its meaning in the question why do Muslims fast in Ramadan?

The details and the disagreements are added in their related entries.