Editing Ramadan (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''Ramadan'' derives from the Arabic root ''R-M-Ḍ'' ({{lang|ar|ر-م-ض|link=}}) "scorching heat",<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hadithcollection.com/sahihmuslim/134-Sahih%20Muslim%20Book%2006.%20Fasting/10952-sahih-muslim-book-006-hadith-number-2391.html |title= Sahih Muslim&nbsp;– Book 006 (The Book of Fasting), Hadith 2391. |first= Abul-Hussain |last= Muslim-Ibn-Habaj |work= hadithcollection.com |date= 28 June 2009 |access-date= 25 July 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143146/http://hadithcollection.com/sahihmuslim/134-Sahih%20Muslim%20Book%2006.%20Fasting/10952-sahih-muslim-book-006-hadith-number-2391.html |archive-date= 12 June 2018  }}</ref> which is the [[Classical Arabic]] verb "''ramiḍa'' ({{lang|ar|رَمِضَ|link=}})" meaning "become intensely hot – become burning; become scorching; be blazing; be glowing".<ref>{{Cite web |title=رمضان.. لماذا سمي الشهر التاسع في التقويم الهجري بهذا الاسم؟ |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/culture/2021/4/15/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%9F |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=الجزيرة نت |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=لماذا سمي شهر رمضان بهذا الاسم؟ {{!}} تعلم العربية |url=https://learning.aljazeera.net/en/Blogs/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=learning.aljazeera.net |language=en}}</ref>

Ramadan is thought of as one of the [[names of God in Islam]] by some, and as such it is reported in many [[hadiths]] that it is prohibited to say only "Ramadan" in reference to the calendar month and that it is necessary to say "month of Ramadan", as reported in [[Sunni]],<ref name="Al-Bayhaqi">{{cite book |last=[[Al-Bayhaqi]] |first=Abu Bakr |title=[[Sunan al-Kubra lil Behaqi|Sunnan al-Kubra]] |volume=4 |page=Book 11, Ch. 6, No. 7904 |language=ar |quote=قال رسولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: 'لا تَقولوا «رَمَضَانُ»، فإِنَّ رَمَضانَ اسمٌ مِن أسماءِ اللَّهِ، ولَكِن قولوا «شَهرُ رَمَضانَ».' وهَكَذا رَواه الحارِثُ بنُ عبدِ اللَّهِ الخازِنُ عن أبي مَعشَرٍ. وأبو مَعشَرٍ هو نَجيحٌ السِّندِىُّ، ضَعَّفَه يَحيَى بنُ مَعين}}</ref><ref name="Al-Tabari">{{cite book |last=[[Al-Tabari]] |first=Muhammad ibn Jarir |title=[[Tafsir al-Tabari]] |language=ar |volume =3|page=187 |quote=أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ يُقَالُ «رَمَضَانَ»، وَيَقُولُ: لَعَلَّهُ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ، لَٰكِنَّ نَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّٰهُ: «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» }}</ref><ref name="Al-Razi">{{cite book |last=[[Fakhr al-Din al-Razi|Al-Razi]] |first=Fakhr al-Din |title=[[Tafsir al-Kabir (al-Razi)|Tafsir al-Kabir]] |language=ar |volume=5|page= 251 |quote=عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّىٰ اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «جَاءَ رَمَضَانُ» وَ«ذَهَبَ رَمَضَانُ» وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «جَاءَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» وَ«ذَهَبَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» فَإِنَّ رَمَضَانَ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ تَعَالَىٰ. }}</ref><ref name="Ibn Abu Hatim">{{cite book |last=Ibn Abu Hatim |first=Abdul Rahman |title=Tafsir Ibn Abu Hatim |language=ar|volume =1 |page= 310, Nu. 1648 |quote=لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «رَمَضَانُ»، فَإِنَّ رَمَضَانَ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ، وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» }}</ref><ref name="Al-Dimashqi">{{cite book |last=Al-Dimashqi |first=Tamam |title=Fawa'id al-Tamam |language=ar |volume=1|page= 104, Nu. 241 |quote=قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّٰهِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ «صُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ»، وَ«قُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ»، وَلَا «صَنَعْتُ فِي رَمَضَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا»، فَإِنَّ رَمَضَانَ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْعِظَامِ، وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» كَمَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ }}</ref><ref name="Ibn al-Saqri">{{cite book |last=Ibn al-Saqri |first=Abu Tahir |title=Mashyakhah |language=ar |volume =1|page= 126, Nu. 52 |quote=عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّٰهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّٰهِ مَا مَعْنَىٰ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّٰهِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يَا حُمَيْرَاءُ لَا تَقُولِي «رَمَضَانُ» فَإِنَّهُ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ وَلَٰكِنْ قُولِي «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» يَعْنِي رَمَضَانَ أَرْمَضَ فِيهِ ذُنُوبَ عِبَادِهِ فَغَفَرَهَا }}</ref> [[Shia]]<ref name="Al-Kafi">{{cite book |last=[[Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni|Al-Kulayni]] |first=Muhammad ibn Ya'qub |title=[[Kitab al-Kafi|Al-Kafi]] |language=ar |page=Book 14 (the Book of Fasting), Ch. 4 |quote=قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «هَٰذَا رَمَضَانُ» وَلَا «ذَهَبَ رَمَضَانُ» وَلَا «جَاءَ رَمَضَانُ» فَإِنَّ رَمَضَانَ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّٰهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَجِيءُ وَلَا يَذْهَبُ وَإِنَّمَا يَجِيءُ وَيَذْهَبُ الزَّائِلُ وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» فَإِنَّ الشَّهْرَ مُضَافٌ إِلَىٰ الْاسْمِ وَالاسْمُ اسْمُ اللَّٰهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ }}</ref><ref name="Al-Faqih">{{cite book |last=[[Ibn Babawayh]] |first=al-Saduq |title=[[Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih]] |language=ar |volume=2|page= 182 |quote=قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «رَمَضَانُ» وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ مَا رَمَضَانُ }}</ref><ref name="Wasa'il al-Shia">{{cite book |last=[[Al-Hurr al-Amili|Al-Hurr Al-Amili]] |first=Muhammad |title=[[Wasa'il al-Shia]] |language=ar |volume =10|page= Ch. 19 |quote=عَلِيٍّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) قَالَ: لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «رَمَضَانُ» فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ مَا رَمَضَانُ فَمَنْ قَالَهُ فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ وَلْيَصُمْ كَفَّارَهً لِقَوْلِهِ وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّٰهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ»  }}</ref><ref name="Bihar Al-Anwar 1">{{cite book |last=[[Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi|Al-Majlisi]] |first=Muhammad-Baqir |title=[[Bihar al-Anwar]] |language=ar |volume =93|page= Ch. 48 }}</ref><ref name="Al-Iqbal">{{cite book |last=[[Sayyed Ibn Tawus|Ibn Tawus]] |first=Sayyid |title=Al-Iqbal Bil-Amal |language=ar |volume=2|page= 29 }}</ref><ref name="Mustadrak al-Wasa'il">{{cite book |last=Al-Nouri Al-Tabarsi |first=Husayn |title=Mustadrak al-Wasa'il |language=ar |volume =7|page=Ch. 12, Hadith 1, Nu. 8609 }}</ref> and [[Zaidiyyah|Zaydi]]<ref name="Al-Amali Al-Khamisiyah">{{cite book |last=Al-Shajari |first=Yahya bin Hussein |title=Al-Amali Al-Khamisiyah |language=ar |volume =1|page= 380, Nu. 1355 |quote=أَنَّ عَلِيًّا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «رَمَضَانُ» فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ مَا رَمَضَانُ فَمَنْ قَالَهُ فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ وَلْيَصُمْ كَفَّارَةً لِقَوْلِهِ، وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّٰهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ» }}</ref> sources. However, the report has been graded by others as [[Mawḍūʻ]] (fabricated)<ref name="Ibn al-Jawzi">{{cite book |last=[[Ibn al-Jawzi]] |first=Abdul Rahman |title=[[A Great Collection of Fabricated Traditions|Al-Mawdu'at]] |volume=2 |page=187 |language=ar |quote=قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّٰهِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: لَا تَقُولُوا۟ «رَمَضَانُ» فَإِنَّ رَمَضَانَ اسْمُ اللَّٰهِ، وَلَٰكِنْ قُولُوا۟ «شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ»}}</ref> and [[Da'if|inauthentic]].<ref name="Al-Bayhaqi" />

In the [[Persian language]], the Arabic letter {{lang|ar|[[ض]]|link=}} (''[[Ḍād]]'') is pronounced as /z/. The Muslim communities in some countries with historical Persian influence, such as [[Afghanistan]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Turkey]], use the word ''Ramazan'' or ''Ramzan''. The word ''Romzan'' is used in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-26 |title=Was ist Ramadan? - Diegebetszeiten.de |url=https://diegebetszeiten.de/was-ist-ramadan/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426133550/https://diegebetszeiten.de/was-ist-ramadan/ |archive-date=26 April 2020 }}</ref>