Ramadan 2027

Ramadan in Bangladesh

Name: Ramadan 2027 (1448 AH)
Start: 2027-02-08
End: 2027-03-08
Location: Bangladesh

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sehri 4:25 AM

Iftar 6:12 PM

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Muslim populationAround 91% of the population

Arrival of Islam13th century, through Sufi teachers and Delhi Sultanate expansion

Main schoolSunni, predominantly Hanafi

Calculation methodUniversity of Islamic Sciences, Karachi

Major mosquesBaitul Mukarram (Dhaka), Sixty Dome Mosque (Bagerhat)

Ramadan in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has one of the four largest Muslim populations in the world, with around ninety-one per cent of its people Muslim. Islam arrived in Bengal in the thirteenth century, and its spread owed less to conquest than to Sufi teachers — figures such as Shah Jalal in Sylhet and Khan Jahan Ali in Bagerhat, whose shrines still draw large numbers during Ramadan.

The Sixty Dome Mosque at Bagerhat, built in the fifteenth century, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest surviving mosques in the region.

The iftar table

The Bangladeshi iftar plate is distinctive and largely unchanged from household to household: piyaju and beguni fried in batter, chhola, muri mixed at the table, haleem, jilapi and dates. Lemon sherbet or borhani, a spiced yoghurt drink, is served alongside.

Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar iftar market is the best-known Ramadan sight in the country. Traders set up from mid-afternoon and the crowds are dense enough that the street becomes impassable an hour before Maghrib.

Worship and daily life

Taraweeh is prayed in mosques across the country, most commonly twenty rak‘ahs, and many mosques complete the Qur’an over the month. Shab-e-Qadr on the 27th night is a public holiday and mosques stay open until Fajr.

Office hours shorten during Ramadan, and the days before Eid bring an enormous return migration from Dhaka to home districts — one of the largest seasonal movements of people in the country each year.

Hadith about Ramadan

مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 38 — Sahih Muslim 760

إِذَا دَخَلَ رَمَضَانُ فُتِّحَتْ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ وَغُلِّقَتْ أَبْوَابُ النَّارِ وَسُلْسِلَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ

When Ramadan begins, the gates of Paradise are opened, the gates of Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1899 — Sahih Muslim 1079

كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلَّا الصِّيَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ

Allah said: Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting; it is for Me, and I shall reward it.

Reference: Hadith Qudsi — Sahih al-Bukhari 1904

لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَجَّلُوا الْفِطْرَ

The people will remain upon good as long as they hasten to break the fast.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1957 — Sahih Muslim 1098

مَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ شَيْئًا

Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast shall have a reward like his, without any decrease in the fasting person’s reward.

Reference: Jami at-Tirmidhi 807

مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَةٌ فِي أَنْ يَدَعَ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ

Whoever does not give up false speech and acting upon it, Allah has no need of his giving up his food and drink.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1903

لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ

The fasting person has two joys: a joy when he breaks his fast, and a joy when he meets his Lord.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1151 — Sunan Ibn Majah 1746

إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ بَابًا يُقَالُ لَهُ الرَّيَّانُ يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ الصَّائِمُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

In Paradise there is a gate called Ar-Rayyan, through which those who fast will enter on the Day of Resurrection.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1896 — Sahih Muslim 1152

مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

Whoever stands in prayer on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2014 — Sahih Muslim 760

تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً

Take the pre-dawn meal, for indeed there is a blessing in Suhoor.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1923 — Sahih Muslim 1095

Sehri & Iftar Dua

Dua for Sehri (Suhoor)

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ

Transliteration: Wa bisawmi ghadin nawaytu min shahri Ramadan

Translation: I intend to keep the fast for the month of Ramadan.

Reference: Widely circulated wording. The established basis is the intention before Fajr — Sunan Abi Dawud 2454

Dua for Iftar

اَللَّهُمَّ اِنِّى لَكَ صُمْتُ وَبِكَ اٰمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَعَلٰى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ

Transliteration: Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu wa ‘alayka tawakkaltu wa ‘ala rizqika aftartu

Translation: O Allah! I fasted for You, and I believe in You, and I put my trust in You, and I break my fast with Your sustenance.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2358 — chain is mursal, graded weak. The best-authenticated iftar dua is “Dhahaba az-zama’u…” (Sunan Abi Dawud 2357, hasan)