Dubai: For Muslims residing on top of the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, the daily Ramazan fast is to be a tad longer.
The greater the distance from the ground, the longer the duration of the fasting, given the fact that people on top of the tower witness the sunrise early and the sunset later than those on the ground floor.
The Islamic Affairs Department of Dubai has told the residents of the 160-storeyed building, inaugurated last year, that they need to observe varied timings for beginning and ending their month-long fasts.
So, while people living between floors 80 and 150 in the 826-metre tower, would have to delay their evening iftar meal by two minutes, those on the 151-160 floors have to delay breaking their fast by three minutes.
The skyscraper residents should also start their daily fasting two minutes earlier on grounds that dawn descends on them before those living on lower levels, the Department said.
"Residents in Burj Khalifa should observe varied timings for iftar, sunset and dawn prayers depending on the level where live," the Emarat Alyoum daily said, quoting Ahmed Al Haddad, head of the Fatwa division at the department.
Their proximity to the sky also means that residents of the nearly kilometre-long tower would also observe varied timings for the morning and evening prayers than the people living closer to the earth.
"This difference in timing on the 160-storey building is because sun sets later for residents on top floors while these residents are the first to see the sun at dawn," said Al Haddad.
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