Nineteen-Day Fast to be the one foretold by the Báb, accepted the fast, but altered many of its details and regulations. The Bahá'í fast resembles fasting practices of several other religions. Lent is a period of fasting for Christians, Yom Kippur and many other holidays for Jews, and the fast of Ramadan is practiced by Muslims. The Bahá'í fasting most resembles the fast of Ramadan, except that the period of fasting is defined as a fixed Bahá'í month, whereas Muslims fast during a lunar month, whose specific Gregorian dates vary from year to year. Bahá'u'lláh established the guidelines of the fast in
Ramadan will also use this time to give a larger portion of sadaqah in order to maximize the reward that will await them at the Last Judgment. Tarawih () refers to extra prayers performed by Muslims at night in the Islamic month of Ramadan. Contrary to popular belief, they are not compulsory. However, many Muslims pray these prayers in the evening during Ramadan. Some scholars maintain that Tarawih is neither "fard" or a "Sunnah", but is the preponed "Tahajjud" (night prayer) prayer shifted to post-"Isha'" for the ease of believers. But a majority of Sunni scholars regard the Tarawih prayers as