Ramadan, Eid and the Muslim year
A month of fasting followed by a day of celebration says something specific: self-discipline, awareness of hunger and gratitude belong together.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Explain how festivals, worship and rites of passage express belief
Key learning points
- • Ramadan
- • Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
- • The mosque and daily prayer
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 19 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
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Ramadan, Eid and the Muslim year
A month of fasting followed by a day of celebration says something specific: self-discipline, awareness of hunger and gratitude belong together.
In a nutshell
Explain how festivals, worship and rites of passage express belief
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Part 1 · Ramadan
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Ramadan
During Ramadan, adult Muslims in good health fast from dawn to sunset. The purpose is described as taqwa — awareness of God — along with empathy for those who go without, and a break from habit. Children, travellers, the ill and pregnant women are not required to fast.
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Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan with prayer, new clothes, food and giving to those in need. Eid al-Adha, during the hajj season, remembers Abraham's willingness to sacrifice and is marked by sharing meat with family, neighbours and the poor.
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Part 2 · The mosque and daily prayer
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The mosque and daily prayer
Prayer involves washing, facing Mecca and a set sequence of words and movements. A mosque provides washing facilities, a prayer hall without furniture, and a niche showing the direction of prayer. Friday midday prayer is congregational.
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Worked example
Worked example: belief behind the practice
Question: what does giving at Eid al-Fitr express? Answer: it expresses zakat and empathy — the belief that wealth is held in trust and that the month's experience of hunger should change behaviour towards those who are hungry all year. The festival closes the loop between feeling and action.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
When does the Ramadan fast run each day?
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Ramadan, Eid and the Muslim year
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. When does the Ramadan fast run each day?
2. Who is not required to fast?
3. What marks the end of Ramadan?
4. Why is there no furniture in the prayer hall?
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