Iftar in mosque and prayer hall grounds, consists of local traditional snacks and hot tea. In the Maldives, iftar is known as "roadha villun", which means "break fast". As usual, most Muslims break the fast with either dried or fresh dates. There are many exclusive restaurants and hotels providing special iftar and dinner packages for those who want to break the fast outside with the families and friends. All the mosques in the Maldives provide free dates and juice to break fast. At local homes you will find various cold fruit juices (water melon, mango, passion fruit, pineapple) sweet (boakiba, pudding)
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