Islam for kids · Worship
The month of fasting, the Night of Power, and our two days of celebration.
In Ramadan, grown-ups do not eat or drink from dawn until sunset. Children can practise with a few hours.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ
yā ayyuhā lladhīna āmanū kutiba ʿalaykumu ṣ-ṣiyām
Source: Al-Baqarah 2:183
Before dawn, we wake up and eat suhur. The Prophet ﷺ said there is blessing in it.
تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً
tasaḥḥarū fa-inna fī s-saḥūri barakah
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
At sunset we break the fast, like the Prophet ﷺ, with dates or water, and we say:
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
dhahaba ẓ-ẓamaʾu wa btallati l-ʿurūqu wa thabata l-ajru in shāʾa llāh
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 2357
One night in the last ten nights of Ramadan is better than a thousand months. We pray and make dua to find it.
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
laylatu l-qadri khayrun min alfi shahr
Source: Al-Qadr 97:3
Before the Eid prayer, every family gives food for each person, even babies, so that poor people can celebrate too.
زَكَاةُ الْفِطْرِ
zakātu l-fiṭr
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
On the 1st of Shawwal, Ramadan is over! We eat a few dates, pray the Eid prayer, visit family and give gifts.
عِيدُ الْفِطْرِ
ʿīdu l-fiṭr
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari
On the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, during Hajj, we remember the Prophet Ibrahim. Families sacrifice a sheep and share the meat with others.
عِيدُ الْأَضْحَى
ʿīdu l-aḍḥā
Tip for parents: read one lesson together, then practise it, for example wudu before prayer.