IS FASTING A RITUAL OR A MEANS TO AN END?

Pakistani truck drivers chant a prayer before breaking their fast on the third day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan on July 23. (K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press) #Courtesy: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/07/ramadan_2012_begins.html?camp=obinsite

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WHEN TO BREAK THE FAST IN RAMADAN?

The last few moments before Maghrib at lake Michigan

Sahih Muslim Book 006, Number 2421:

‘Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:

When the night approaches and the day retreates and the sun sinks down, then the observer of the fast should break it. Ibn Numair made no mention of the word” then”.

The sun sets on Lake Michigan