Iftar facts for kids

Ramadan dinner known as iftar

Iftar (Arabic: إفطار) also Afur in (Somali language) refers to the evening meal for breaking (fasting) during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Muslims fast in the holy month of Ramadan. At the time of Maghrib (just after sunser) they eat and drink.

Dua for iftar is

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .‏‏
"Thirst has gone, the arteries are moist, and the reward is sure, if Allah wills." [1]

Reference:

1. Sunan Abu Dawud - Hadith #2350.

Images for kids

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  Iftar serving for fasting people in the Imam Reza shrine

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  A 2016 iftar buffet in a hotel in Riyadh

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  Common iftar items of Bangladesh

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  Iftar food items in Chowk Bazaar of Dhaka

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  Different types of food items on Ifter plate

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  Jackfruit kolak, one of various iftar desserts in Indonesia

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  An example of Iranian Iftar table. Dinner will be served later.

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  An example of Iranian public Iftar

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  Bandung, the most common drink during Iftar in Malaysia

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  Samosas are a common Iftari snack in Pakistan.

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  Iftar at Taipei Grand Mosque, Taiwan

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  The gilded Iftar bower of Topkapi Palace where the Ottoman sultan-caliphs would break the fast

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  Sultan Ahmed Mosque with the kandils lit. The lights in this example spell out holiday greetings.

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  1 September 2010. During Middle East peace negotiations, then President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu look at their wristwatches to see if it is officially sunset.

See also

In Spanish: Iftar para niños