Ramadan 2027

Ramadan in India

Name: Ramadan 2027 (1448 AH)
Start: 2027-02-08
End: 2027-03-09
Location: India

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Muslim populationAround 14% of the population — among the largest Muslim populations in the world

Arrival of Islam7th century on the Malabar coast; widely from the 12th century

Main schoolSunni, predominantly Hanafi, with a significant Shia minority

Calculation methodUniversity of Islamic Sciences, Karachi

Major mosquesJama Masjid (Delhi), Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), Cheraman Juma Mosque (Kerala)

Ramadan in India

India is home to one of the largest Muslim populations of any country, despite Muslims being a minority of roughly fourteen per cent. Islam reached the Malabar coast of Kerala in the seventh century through Arab sea trade — the Cheraman Juma Mosque there is traditionally held to be among the oldest in the subcontinent — long before the wider spread across northern India from the twelfth century onwards.

Because the community is spread across a country of continental scale, Ramadan looks very different from place to place: Hyderabad, Lucknow, Delhi, Kolkata, Malappuram and Srinagar each have their own distinct practices, foods and mosque traditions.

Regional iftar traditions

Hyderabad is known for haleem, cooked in huge vats through the month and shipped nationwide. Old Delhi’s Jama Masjid area fills with kebab, nihari and phirni stalls. In Kerala, iftar centres on tharavadu-style rice dishes, pathiri and unnakkaya. Lucknow serves its own nihari and sheermal.

The common opening is the same everywhere: dates, water, fruit chaat and a fried starter, then the main meal after Maghrib.

Moon sighting and dates

India often begins Ramadan a day after Saudi Arabia, since local sighting is followed and the country lies well to the east. Different regions occasionally differ from one another too — Kerala frequently follows a day earlier than the north. A difference of a day within one country is normal and long-established in the lunar calendar.

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)