Ramadan Quiz
Get ready for Ramadan 2027 with ten questions on fasting, Laylat al-Qadr and Eid. Each answer is explained with its source.
All Ramadan Quiz questions and answers
Every question in this quiz with its answer and source. Each time you play, you get 10 of these in a random order.
1. Ramadan is which month of the Islamic calendar?
Answer: 9th. Ramadan is the 9th month. It comes after Shaban and before Shawwal. Source: Islamic calendar 2027
2. In which surah is fasting in Ramadan prescribed?
Answer: Al-Baqarah. “O you who have believed, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you” (2:183). Source: Quran 2:183
3. What was revealed in the month of Ramadan?
Answer: The Quran. “The month of Ramadan is that in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance for the people” (2:185). Source: Quran 2:185
4. What is the pre-dawn meal before fasting called?
Answer: Suhoor. Suhoor is the meal eaten before Fajr. Iftar is the meal that breaks the fast. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1923
5. Why did the Prophet ﷺ tell us to eat Suhoor?
Answer: There is blessing in it. The Prophet ﷺ told us to take Suhoor because there is blessing in it. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1923
6. What did the Prophet ﷺ prefer to break his fast with?
Answer: Fresh dates, dry dates or water. He broke his fast with fresh dates; if there were none, dry dates; and if none, a few sips of water (graded hasan sahih). Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 2356
7. The daily fast lasts from when until when?
Answer: Dawn (Fajr) until sunset. Eat and drink until dawn appears, “then complete the fast until the night” (2:187). The fast ends at Maghrib. Source: Quran 2:187
8. Laylat al-Qadr is better than what?
Answer: A thousand months. “The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months” (97:3). Source: Quran 97:3
9. When did the Prophet ﷺ tell us to search for Laylat al-Qadr?
Answer: The odd nights of the last ten days. The Prophet ﷺ told us to search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2017
10. Which surah is about Laylat al-Qadr?
Answer: Al-Qadr. Surah Al-Qadr (97) describes the Night of Decree in five verses. Source: Quran 97
11. Staying in the mosque for worship in the last ten days of Ramadan is called what?
Answer: I’tikaf. The Prophet ﷺ practised I’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan every year until he died. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2026
12. Which charity is paid at the end of Ramadan, before the Eid prayer?
Answer: Zakat al-Fitr. The Prophet ﷺ made Zakat al-Fitr obligatory and ordered it to be paid before people go out to the Eid prayer. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1503
13. If a fasting person eats or drinks by forgetting, what should they do?
Answer: Complete their fast. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever eats or drinks forgetfully should complete their fast, because it was Allah who gave them that food or drink. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1933
14. What is promised to the one who fasts Ramadan with faith, hoping for Allah’s reward?
Answer: Their past sins are forgiven. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever fasts Ramadan out of sincere faith, hoping for Allah’s reward, will have all their past sins forgiven. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 38
15. What is the name of the gate of Paradise for those who fast?
Answer: Ar-Rayyan. There is a gate in Paradise called Ar-Rayyan, and only those who fast will enter through it. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1896
16. The fasting person has two joys: one when breaking the fast, and the other when?
Answer: When meeting his Lord. There are two pleasures for the fasting person: one when breaking the fast, and one when meeting his Lord. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1904
17. What is the special night prayer in Ramadan commonly called?
Answer: Taraweeh. Night prayer in Ramadan is commonly called Taraweeh. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever prays at night in Ramadan out of faith, hoping for reward, will have their past sins forgiven. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2009
18. How many days can Ramadan have?
Answer: 29 or 30. An Islamic month has 29 or 30 days, depending on when the new moon is sighted. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1907
19. Who may postpone fasting in Ramadan and make up the days later?
Answer: People who are ill or travelling. “Whoever among you is ill or on a journey, then an equal number of other days” (2:184). Source: Quran 2:184
20. Fasting six days of which month after Ramadan is like fasting the whole year?
Answer: Shawwal. The Prophet ﷺ said that fasting Ramadan and then six days of Shawwal is like fasting all year round. Source: Sahih Muslim 1164
21. Fasting in Ramadan is one of how many pillars of Islam?
Answer: Five. Islam is built on five pillars: the testimony of faith, prayer, zakat, Hajj and fasting in Ramadan. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 8
22. The Prophet ﷺ was at his most generous in Ramadan, especially when what happened?
Answer: When Jibril met him. He was most generous in Ramadan when Jibril met him every night to review the Quran with him. Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6
23. Which month comes just before Ramadan?
Answer: Shaban. Shaban is the 8th month, right before Ramadan. Source: Islamic calendar 2027
24. On which date is Eid al-Fitr celebrated?
Answer: 1 Shawwal. Eid al-Fitr is on the 1st of Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. Eid al-Adha is on 10 Dhul Hijjah. Source: Eid 2027
25. When is Ramadan 2027 expected to begin?
Answer: Monday 8 February 2027. The first fast of Ramadan 1448 is expected on Monday 8 February 2027, confirmed locally by moon sighting. Source: Ramadan 2027
Questions are checked against quran.com and sunnah.com and only cover facts with one clear answer. Reviewed 19 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Let us know.
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