Ramadan is now coming to an end for the Muslim community.
However due to the lockdown all had to adjust as currently the government has stated people are not allowed to meet at places of worship.
So with this in mind it has affected and impacted the regular worship for all those of Muslim faith.
Said Hansdot who is a councillor in the Barton and Tredworth ward, has spoken about how the lockdown has impacted him.
He said: “It has been a strange month having to everything from home for Ramadan.
“Normally you would get up around 2.30am and head to the mosque for breakfast prayers and then go home.
“We fast from sunrise to sunset and noting passes our lips in that time.
“We would normally go to the mosque five times a day to pray.
“The final prayer would be around 10.30pm and we get home close to midnight.
“The prayer times change as we go by the lunar calendar.
“With the lockdown it has meant that we do not go to the mosque to break fast. Normally we would breakfast with the other Muslim men in the community and then join our families before returning for nightime prayers.”
However with the lockdown, it has meant that prayers are now done at home.
What Mr Hansdot has said that it is nice that he has been able to pray with his wife and daughter at home.
He said: “As a family now, they can join me. They have the same obligation as me to pray five times a day.
“You have a commitment to prayers are symbolic to the Five Pillars of Islam.
“It has been nice to pray with the family and break fast with them. Where the night is breaking with the day we eat before that time.
“We break fast with dates, samosas, bhaji. Milkshake is important as well as it cools the body.
“Children are not expected to fast until they are the age of puberty. Sometimes they begin to try it for a while before that age.”
Mr Hansdot has said he has really missed going to the mosque.
He said: “It is like a thirst to go to the mosque. It is a spiritual top up. It means that you are forgiven for what may have happened the past few hours before. It is a self cleansing thing.
“I have missed seeing the others from the mosque.”
Zaheera Nanabawa is a mother of two from Gloucester.
She has said that she really has missed being able to meet with others in the community to break fast together.
However the programme manager has said that it has been nice to be able to work at home and be flexible working and when she has been able to start.
Ms Nanabawa said: “What I have missed essentially is being able to host a gathering to break fast. Due to the lockdown we have not been able to do that.
“During Ramadan we come together as a community and do that.
“There has been an introspection element. Being in isolation has strengthened my spirituality with the almight.
“As we have been at home though I have been able to go to bed as normal and then get up to break fast and then do some work and go back to sleep for a while. It has been calmer as I have not had to do the school run, to then get my suit on ready for work.
“Last year facilities were made available for women to do the night prayer at the Friendship Cafe. Again we have not been able to do that this year.”
The Eid celebrations will not be what the Muslim community are used to this year either.
Eid would mark the end of the fasting month and everyone would come together and visit each other and celebrate with family friends and food.
Ms Nanabawa said: “The girls and I would normally go and see a lot of family. My mother's and father's side and also my daughter's grandparents. I will miss that badly.
“Normally on the morning of Eid we would meet at the cricket Winget ground for Eid prayers. For me the Eid prayers is the main thing. I am going to miss those blessings.
“Eid is an important time to enjoy time with friends and family and have food.
“This coming Eid the girls and I will spend time getting dressed and enjoy food and maybe go to the park before going to visit a few people but having to socially distance.”
