Muslims living in the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, should fast longer during the holy month of Ramadan, Dubai’s leading clerics have said.
During Ramadan, Muslims are supposed to not eat or drink between dawn and dusk.
“Burj Khalifa is almost one km (0.6 miles) high, which means people in higher floors can still see the sun after it has set on the ground,” Ahmed Abdul Aziz al-Haddad told Reuters.
He said they should break their fast two minutes after those on the ground.
Another Dubai cleric, Mohammed al-Qubaisi, has been quoted as saying that people living above the 80th floor should fast for an extra two minutes, while those on the 150th floor and higher should wait for three more minutes before eating or drinking.
The 828m- (2,716ft-) high Burj Khalifa has 160 floors and was opened in 2010.
Al-Qubaisi said the decree is similar to those relating to Muslims traveling on airplanes, and harkens back to a time when people living in the mountains broke their fast after those at lower elevations.
-With bbc.co.uk input
