Abbas explained that this was merely a cannon shot, announcing the new moon of Ramazan.
During Ramazan they neither eat nor drink between sunrise and sunset.
The great forty days fast of Ramazan is strictly observed only by aged persons of either sex.
During the twenty-eight days of Ramazan they are ordered by the Prophet to fast from an hour before sunrise until sunset.
It was Ramazan: and he only wished to reach a spot where the sun had not yet risen, in order to enjoy a last smoke!
