Definitions
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- noun Islam
fasting ,abstention ,abstinence ; the third of thefive pillars ofIslam (during the month ofRamadan , Muslims abstain from food, drink, gambling, and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset. Sawm is regulated by Islamicjurisprudence . Contrary to popular non-Islamic belief, its observance byMuslims is not confined to theIslamic holy month ofRamadan .)
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- noun the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nothing should be so blatant. loretta johnson i was thinking the sawm thing.
Page 3 | /Film 2009
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March 24, 2008 at 11:03 am er, sawm is posed to be same. wuz typin in teh raparound.
utube - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 24, 2008 at 11:02 am ihola, jamamamamamamamakitty! i leebz 10 Abril. i hoeps to go to de MachuPichu, but nawt shure hao i be gettin dere. hopin i kan tagalong wif sumone at the sawm werkshop in Ica, prefurrablee sumwun hoos espanish is mucho bettero den mio. i am teh skerred ob banditoes.
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•Fasting from dawn to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan sawm—Muslims joyfully celebrate the end of the long fast in a three-day festival called Eid al-Fitr.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Fasting from dawn to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan sawm—Muslims joyfully celebrate the end of the long fast in a three-day festival called Eid al-Fitr.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Indeed they are the epitomes of salaat, sawm and hajj.
Archive 2007-11-01 mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007
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•Fasting from dawn to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan sawm—Muslims joyfully celebrate the end of the long fast in a three-day festival called Eid al-Fitr.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Indeed they are the epitomes of salaat, sawm and hajj.
The Heart is the Haram of Allah (Part 2) mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007
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The first time he was guilty of this startling innovation, "Rushin 'through the sawm," as Uncle John Turnbull afterwards said, "without deegnity, as if it were a mere human cawmposeetion," two or three of the older members arose and left the church; and the presbytery was shaken to its foundations of Scotch granite when Mr. Morrison humbly acknowledged that he had not noticed the precentor's bold sally until Brother Turnbull's departure attracted his attention.
The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories Margaret Collier Graham 1880
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Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is a three-day Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting sawm.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Imam Khalid Latif 2011
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the Fourth Pillar of Islam: fasting during Ramadan
October 7, 2007