fasting

Fasting in Islam:

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known as Sawm (صوم) or siyam صيام (known as ruze Persianروزه‎‎ in some Muslim countries), the Arabic words for fasting, is abstaining from eating and drinking. In the terminology of Islamic law, sawm means to abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. The observance of sawm during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, but is not confined to that month.










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other source

wikipedia  britannica

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