Ramadan
is the month in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to
mankind." (Al-Qur'an, 2:185) With these short words God
introduced fasting during the month of Ramadan...
This
event is confirmed by sighting the new moon, even if it is seen by
only one just person, or by the passage of thirty days in the
immediately preceding month of Sha'ban...