During the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims are obligated to fast, every day from dawn to sunset. Fasting requires the abstinence from sex, food, drinking, and smoking. Fasting the month of Ramadān wa
During the break of fasting (Iftar) food vendors selling delicacies in a bazaar in Bangladesh
Fast break at Taipei Grand Mosque in Taiwan
Muslims traditionally break the fast with dates (like these on sale in Kuwait City), as was the recorded practice (Sunnah) of Muhammad.
Muslims praying the night prayers during Ramadan
Backbiting or tale-bearing is to slander someone in their absence — to bite them behind their back. Originally, backbiting referred to an unsporting attack from the rear in the blood sport of bearbait
Fasting during Ramadan
…refraining from engaging in sexual activity; refraining from immoral acts such as backbiting; from the time the sun begins to rise to the time the sun sets…
1868 allegory of backbiting based on Psalms, "the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart" (11:2) and "their tongue a sharp sword" (57:4)"