Ramadan 1428 Hijri/2007 Announcement The 1st of Ramadan ul-Mubarak will be on Thursday September 13, 2007, based on the Houston sighting. Please visit our Ramadan page for details on Tarawih, local schedules, and other community activities. Please visit this page through Ramadan for any updates of activities.

What is Ramadan?

Fasting is the fourth pillar of Islam. During the month of Ramadan from dawn to dusk, the believer refrains from food, drink, and marital relations. Special attention is paid to guarding the tongue from profanity and backbiting, the eye from obscenity, the ear from listening to backbiting and slander. Believers gather in the mosques during the night and offer congregational night vigil prayers. Since it is the month in which the Holy Qur’an was sent down, Muslims take to reciting and studying this book more than any other time of the year.  Rewards for deeds are multiplied manifold during this month so believers are encouraged to feed the poor, take special care of the orphans, give out in poor-due and charity, and perform good and praiseworthy actions. The last ten days and nights become the climax of the month where seclusion and intense devotion to the Creator of the Universe become the prime objective. The believer feels remorse at the end of the month in bidding farewell, not knowing if he or she will ever get to see the next Ramadan. The end of Ramadan is marked by the sighting of the new crescent for Eid ul-Fitr (Festival of the Breaking of the Fast). Muslims are urged to carry on their good and praiseworthy actions throughout the year.

Learn more about Ramadan and devotions to perform within in the following online booklet:

Ramadan: The Month of Patience, Empathy, and Self-Purification Buy

Tarawih at IECRC (Nightly Vigil Prayers)

Tarawih prayers will be held nightly in Fremont and Sacramento. The session consists of the following parts:

• Isha (night) congregational required prayer
• Tarawih congregational prayers (20 cycles)
• Dua

Prayer Locations and Timings

Fremont (California) - Primary Branch

Timing: After 'Isha prayers
Address: 35461 Dumbarton Court, Newark CA 95460 (Taqwa Islamic Center - next to current Zikr hall)
Contact: 510-732-6786
Directions:

• From 880, exit onto DECOTO RD turning towards the Dumbarton Bridge (away from Mission Blvd).
• Before the Dumbarton Bridge, take the ARDENWOOD BLVD / NEWARK BLVD exit. Turn towards NEWARK BLVD.
• Turn RIGHT onto JARVIS AVE.
• Turn RIGHT onto DUMBARTON CT.
• End at 35461 Dumbarton Ct on the left hand side (next to the Challenger School across from the Marriott Hotel).

Sacramento (California)

Timing: 8:20pm ('Isha prayer)
Address: 7392 French Road, Sacramento, CA 95693
(Maunatul Islam Association Islamic Center - next to current IECRC Sacramento center)
Contact: 916-706-1970