Living the high life and observing Ramazan

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 06:15

Muslims living in the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, should fast longer during the Ramadan holy month, Dubai's leading clerics have said.

During Ramadan, Muslims are supposed to not eat or drink between dawn and dusk.

"Burj Khalifa is almost one km (0.6 miles) high, which means people in higher floors can still see the sun after it has set on the ground," Ahmed Abdul Aziz al-Haddad told Reuters.

Another Dubai cleric, Mohammed al-Qubaisi, has been quoted as saying that people living above the 80th floor should fast for an extra two minutes, while those on the 150th floor and higher should wait for three more minutes before eating or drinking.

Mr Qubaisi said that under such rulings, people living on mountains should also break their fast after those at ground level.

BBC

Clerics... don't you just love them? Are the mountains not ground level too?

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
08/08/2011 07:47

Those on the 150th floor can wait while there egg boils!