As well as not eating or drinking, Muslims observing Ramadan also aren't allowed to use profanity or retaliate if someone does them harm.
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By Chris Harrowell | June 19 2017
"Even if they're provoked, they have to say 'I am fasting, so if you are harsh to me I can't be harsh to you'."
Muslims around south Auckland are preparing to celebrate an event that's all about sacrifice, dedication, fellowship and faith.
Eid al-Fitr is an annual religious feast that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Shafiq ur Rehman is an imam, or leader, as well as the central missionary, at the Ahmadiyya Muslim community's mosque in Dalgety Dr, Manurewa.
Rehman, who's originally from Pakistan, says Ramadan is a period of "devotion and dedication to almighty God".
It requires Muslims to fast daily, starting about 90 minutes before sunrise and ending at sunset, he says.
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