What is the true history behind the fasting of Ramadan? It is pillar number three in Islam, but it did not start with Islam like everything else that Mohammad copied in his cult of Islam. Ramadan also has its own origin which most Muslims do not know. From the words of the Qur’an, as it is written above, we see that Allah states that fasting was decreed upon other people prior to Islam. Who were these other people? Some may assume that they were the Jews and the Christians, but that is not true. The month of Ramadan used to be the fasting of the Sabians, idol worshipers, who Mohammed mentioned many times in the Qur’an as if they were a people of faith, like the Jews and Christians. The Sabians fasted the month of Ramadan for the moon god (Sin).
How did Allah guide the Muslims concerning the time of fasting? The answer can be found in two verses in the Qur’an. In verse 2:185: “… so whoever among you witnesses the month, so let him fast it…” So it is by the eyesight when Muslims see the new moon which will be the beginning of the lunar month of Ramadan and will also be the e ...
