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Ramadan 2027

Ramadan 2027

Ramadan in United Kingdom

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Muslim populationAround 6.5% of the population of England and Wales (2021 census)
Established presenceFrom the 19th century; large communities from the 1950s onwards
Main originsSouth Asia, the Middle East, East and West Africa, Eastern Europe
Calculation methodMuslim World League, though mosques vary
Major mosquesEast London Mosque, Birmingham Central Mosque, Glasgow Central Mosque

Ramadan in the United Kingdom

The 2021 census recorded Muslims as around six and a half per cent of the population of England and Wales, making Islam the second largest religion in the country. The first purpose-built mosques date to the late nineteenth century — the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking opened in 1889 — but the community as it exists today was formed largely by post-war migration from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, and later from Somalia, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

Fasting hours in Britain

Latitude matters a great deal here. In February 2027, with Ramadan falling in late winter, British fasts will be among the shorter ones of the cycle — a striking contrast with the summer Ramadans of the 2010s, when fasts in Scotland ran past nineteen hours and the question of high-latitude timings was a live one in every mosque.

Mosques differ over the Fajr and Isha angle, and a twenty-minute difference between two timetables in the same city is common. Most people simply follow their local mosque.

The month in practice

Community iftars in mosques and community centres are widespread, and open-iftar events in public spaces have become a visible feature in London, Manchester and Birmingham. Ramadan food banks and meal distributions run out of most large mosques.

Employers are generally receptive to requests for adjusted hours or a quiet prayer space, and asking in the weeks before the month tends to work far better than asking on the first day. Schools commonly make arrangements for fasting pupils around PE and lunchtime.

Hadith about Ramadan

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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)