Breaking the fast at the World’s Largest Iftar. #eid #shorts

Each night of Ramadan, thousands of pilgrims come together to pray and break the fast at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, in Mashhad, Iran. It’s the world’s largest iftar, a meal eaten after sunset by Muslims observing Ramadan to break their daily fast. Cooking for such a crowd starts early and goes long. Over 400 volunteer chefs arrive at 5 a.m. to make culinary magic from 2 tons of fresh vegetables, 3 tons of meat and 4 tons of rice.

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[artesiandifferent]

Can you imagine cooking that much food all day WHILE fasting?

[MDigitalProductions]

Mind you, everyone is a volunteer and fasting as well. I can't commend them enough ❤

[ardizain]

now that Ramadhan is over, watching Ramadhan related clip makes me miss yesterday Ramadhan :')

[rmfachran]

Ramadhan are over this year, hope we going to meet ramadhan next year

[elaineandbiting]

So amazed at this devotion. Cooking food for so many people while fasting yourself for the sake of your brethren that are devoting themselves for the sacred tradition. Amazing!

[imofage]

I like that little kid at the end. Little buddy, living their best life.

[Hell_Cat_]

That's a lot of food and a lot of knowledge acquired from this video 😊 love your educational vids man

[malekhekal]

People really would be surprised by the loyalty of Muslims to Islam, there are lots of people here who say people cheat the fasting but in reality, as a Muslim myself, I have never broken my fast before al-maghrib since I hit puberty and since then it became easy to do. Volunteers and things like this are done also in other Muslim countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

[jimmybvillarreal]

I think having that kind of faith is beautiful

[XxXShevampXxX]

Wow, what an experience it must be! Coming together like this is always special.

[Thetravelingmonke]

I am so happy that you guys are back its made my day

[MrSincerity]

I love videos like this. Learn something new

[charliepea]

I'm not Muslim, but this one looks delicious. I like a recipe of that lol

[ferro_nimo]

Man, volunteering there sounds fun
A lot of work but definitely feels worth it

[odgarig]

why does a video with Muslim in the title spiral into a disgusting hate cesspool in the comments every time. Have some RESPECT people!

I've only met around 10 Muslims before, but all 10 were the most kind, principled, and selfless people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.

[Chimpunk]

Its always amazing to see this peoples works durung Ramadhan. Because they are also fasting and they work with food and during the breaking fast or iftar, they served the food to the observers before they breaking their fast.

[fahmiyusoff]

Come to malaysia and you see this in every major mosque in every city

[Saraeiorg]

Awesome! Thanks for visiting our country for this video

[amirfarahi]

As an Iranian, Im really happy that ive been born in mashhad

[Psychopatz]

OMG!!!! YOURE BACK????

I've missed you guys at great big story, thankfully you're back at generating some content.