RAMADAN 1444 HIJRAH (2023 C.E.): Schedule and Events

O you who believe, Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you.
That you may (learn) self-restraint. Al-Qur'an 2:183
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Greetings to all for the blessed month of Ramadan. This year we will be able to have limited activity at the center, including tarawih prayers and Iftars, insha Allah.
Additionally, we have planned a number of special learning programs throughout the month on weekends, insha Allah. In this special Ramadan page we have included a schedule for Suhoor and Iftaar, and information about the these virtual programs, and a brief summary of rules about fasting, Zakat al-Fitr and Fidyah. We will be updating this page whenever new information is available. Thanks for visiting the ICB web pages.
Day | Ramadan | Mar/APR | Fajr (Suhoor) | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib (Iftar) | Isha |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thu | 1 | 23 | 5:27 | 12:53 | 4:19 | 7:00 | 8:18 |
Fri | 2 | 24 | 5:25 | 12:53 | 4:20 | 7:01 | 8:20 |
Sat | 3 | 25 | 5:24 | 12:52 | 4:21 | 7:03 | 8:21 |
Sun | 4 | 26 | 5:22 | 12:52 | 4:21 | 7:04 | 8:22 |
Mon | 5 | 27 | 5:20 | 12:52 | 4:22 | 7:05 | 8:23 |
Tue | 6 | 28 | 5:17 | 12:51 | 4:22 | 7:06 | 8:25 |
Wed | 7 | 29 | 5:16 | 12:51 | 4:23 | 7:07 | 8:26 |
Thu | 8 | 30 | 5:14 | 12:51 | 4:23 | 7:08 | 8:27 |
Fri | 9 | 31 | 5:12 | 12:50 | 4:24 | 7:09 | 8:29 |
Sat | 10 | 1 | 5:10 | 12:50 | 4:24 | 7:10 | 8:30 |
Sun | 11 | 2 | 5:08 | 12:50 | 4:25 | 7:12 | 8:31 |
Mon | 12 | 3 | 5:07 | 12:50 | 4:25 | 7:13 | 8:33 |
Tue | 13 | 4 | 5:05 | 12:49 | 4:26 | 7:14 | 8:34 |
Wed | 14 | 5 | 5:03 | 12:49 | 4:26 | 7:15 | 8:35 |
Thu | 15 | 6 | 5:01 | 12:49 | 4:27 | 7:16 | 8:37 |
Fri | 16 | 7 | 4:59 | 12:48 | 4:27 | 7:17 | 8:38 |
Sat | 17 | 8 | 4:57 | 12:48 | 4:27 | 7:18 | 8:39 |
Sun | 18 | 9 | 4:55 | 12:48 | 4:28 | 7:19 | 8:41 |
Mon | 19 | 10 | 4:53 | 12:48 | 4:28 | 7:21 | 8:42 |
Tue | 20 | 11 | 4:51 | 12:47 | 4:29 | 7:22 | 8:43 |
Wed | 21 | 12 | 4:49 | 12:47 | 4:29 | 7:23 | 8:45 |
Thu | 22 | 13 | 4:47 | 12:47 | 4:30 | 7:24 | 8:46 |
Fri | 23 | 14 | 4:45 | 12:46 | 4:30 | 7:25 | 8:48 |
Sat | 24 | 15 | 4:43 | 12:46 | 4:30 | 7:26 | 8:49 |
Sun | 25 | 16 | 4:42 | 12:46 | 4:31 | 7:27 | 8:50 |
Mon | 26 | 17 | 4:40 | 12:46 | 4:31 | 7:29 | 8:52 |
Tue | 27 | 18 | 4:38 | 12:46 | 4:31 | 7:30 | 8:53 |
Wed | 28 | 19 | 4:36 | 12:45 | 4:32 | 7:31 | 8:55 |
Thu | 29 | 20 | 4:34 | 12:45 | 4:32 | 7:32 | 8:56 |
- Fajr means both Fajr Athan (Azan) and Imsak (starting fast) and Maghrib
means both Maghrib Athan (Azan) and Iftar (breaking fast).
- The schedule was created via the IslamicFinder.com website for Wayland, MA area (Calculation Method = North America; Juristic Method Standard).
- Visit IslamicFinder.com website to get calendar for your city/town.
- The schedule was created via the IslamicFinder.com website for Wayland, MA area (Calculation Method = North America; Juristic Method Standard).
FRIDAY KHUTBAS & PRAYERS
No registration is required for Friday Prayers but we highly encourage wearing of masks and to bring your
own prayer rug. Also, do not come to the mosque if you have COVID symptoms.
Khutbas will also be live via Zoon and ICB Wayland's Facebook Page from 1pm-1:30pm.
If watching at home, we suggest to pray 4 rakah zuhr after watching these live khutbas, insha Allah.
RAMADAN REMINDERS PROGRAM
The programs include talks on Saturday and Sunday afternoons
by local scholars, insha Allah. These will be virtual via Zoom and ICB's Facebook page.
The recordings will also be available on ICB's Youtube channel. We will provide weekly updates
on ICB's Facebook page and via emails. See you at these talks, insha Allah.
SATURDAYS (6:30-7:00pm)
ICB FaceBook & YouTube
- Mar 25 - Imam Talal Eid ✔
- Apr 1 - Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni ✔
- Apr 8 - Imam Talal Eid ✔
- Apr 15 - Dr. Saleem Khanani ✔
SUNDAYS (4:45-5:30pm)
Zoom & ICB FaceBook
- Mar 26 - Dr. Saleem Khanani ✔
- Apr 2 - Dr. Abrar Qureshi ✔
- Apr 9 - Amira Quraishi ✔
- Apr 16 - Imam Talal Eid ✔
TARAWIH PRAYERS:
Tarawih prayers will start from Wednesday, March 22 night. We are planning to have
20 rakah prayer each night and complete the Qur'an during these tarawih, inshallah. We will
have Dr. Muhannad Ali Kehail lead us in the prayers and Hafiz Abdurrahman Suliman
will also join him on some nights. Tarawih will be followed by the Witr prayer.
There is no Pre-Registration. For yours and others health safety, we strongly suggest to wear masks
and bring your prayer rugs. Anyone with COVID symptoms should not come to the center.
TIME:
Community Iftars:
At ICB, Saturday iftaars are by registration ONLY to ensure our attendees can comfortably sit and
eat and our volunteers can plan better and not have to go home without eating. We appreciate
your understanding and cooperation. While food is sponsored by the community, $5 fees covers
some of the supplies and cleaning. Next Iftar is on:
Saturday, April 15 @ 6PM - REGISTRATION LINK
Lailatul Qadr Program:
There will be a Qiyam al Layl program on 27th Ramadan (April 17 to April 18). We welcome all;
families and kids to come and spend a night at the mosque. We will pray Taraweeh, eat snacks,
read Quran, do Zikr and Dua, pray Tahajjud and eat Suhoor together.
SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS ABOUT
FASTING
Fasting in Ramadan is obligatory on every sane adult Muslim male/female. It
was first required of Muslims to fast during the second year of Hijrah. The
way to fast is to abstain from eating, drinking, and intimate marital
relations from dawn to sunset. Children over eight years are to be encouraged
to fast gradually so that they get used to fasting. One must have the
intention (niyah) during the night to fast the following day of Ramadan.
It is however sufficient to have the intention to fast during Ramadan at the
beginning of the month.
Ramadan has a greater meaning than fasting alone. It involves a moral and
social code, and a commitment to charitable deeds. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
said that whoever fasts but indulges in falsehood, let him/her know that
his/her giving up of food and drink shall not benefit him/her in front of
Allah. Ramadan is therefore a period of meditation and prayer during which
Muslims tend to withdraw a little from their usual daily affairs and spend
long periods in the mosque. These devotions are in addition to the five
daily prayers which Muslims observe throughout the year.
Although, the fasting during the month of Ramadan is obligatory, however
under certain circumstances a fast may be postponed. For example;
All days missed due to any of the above reasons are to be made up when the
cause of exemption is over. One can complete those number of fasts on any days
except the days of Eid (the fasting on Eid days is forbidden).
Full exemption from Fasting is granted by Allah to those who are permanently
incapacitated by reason of old age or an incurable disease or uninterrupted
hard labor. They are required to feed a poor person for one day for each day
they cannot fast, if they can afford. They can also pay the cost of the food
(fidyah) in charity instead.
Fasting is invalidated if a person while fasting, deliberately eats,
drinks, vomits, or lets an object pass through the throat. Fasting so
invalidated should be made up after Ramadan. However, the Kaffarah (atonement)
for breaking the fast by intimate marital relations is serious. The Kaffarah
in that case is to fast for 60 consecutive days or if unable to do so than
to feed sixty poor people for each day. Fasting remains valid if the act of
breaking the fast occurs through compulsion or forgetting completely about
the fast.
While fasting, it is permissible to use eye drops, wear contact lenses,
receive injections, have a blood test, take a shower, swim (though it is
better to avoid diving as that may cause water to go in the throat), use
miswak or brush with toothpaste, rinse the mouth or nostrils with water
(taking care not to swallow it), and apply perfume or cosmetics.
ZAKAT AL-FITR, FIDYAH and ZAKAT AL-MAAL
Muslims are urged to be always charitable, but in Ramadan they are urged to be
more so. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) used to give away much during the month
of Ramadan.
Zakat al-Fitr (Fitrana):
However, a special mandatory charity, Zakat al-Fitr (Fitrana), must be paid by the head of the
family on behalf of every dependent member during the month of Ramadan or before the Eid al-Fitr prayers.
Dependents include all children even the one born during the month of Ramadan before the Eid prayers.
It is also to be paid on behalf of helpers and/or parents who are financially supported by the head of the
family. A companion of prophet Muhammed (PBUH), Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree said,
"In the Prophet's time, we used to give it (Zakat al-Fitr) as a Sa'a of food, dried dates, barley, raisins or dried cheese".
[Bukhari - Arabic/English vol. 2, p. 340, no. 582]. According to the majority of scholars One Sa'a
is approximately between 2.6 Kg to 3 Kg. The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once said that the reward for ones fast remains suspended
between heavens until Zakat al-Fitr is paid. Zakat al-Fitr is estimated to be $12 per person but one may give more.
Fidyah:
As described above, Fidyah is a donation of money or food made to help those in need.
Fidyah is made when someone cannot fast for the required number of days, and will not be
able to make up for the fast. In Ramadan, the Fidyah must be paid for each missed fast.
Fidyah is equal to the amount of a full meal. This year it is estimated to be $10
per missed fast. If you know your typical full meal cost is different then please
calculate and donate accordingly.
Zakat Al-Maal:
Zakat, or almsgiving, is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with prayer,
fasting, pilgrimage (Hajj), and belief in Allah (SWT) and His Messenger Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH). For every sane, adult Muslim who owns wealth over a certain amount-known
as the nisab-he or she must pay 2.5% of that wealth as zakat.
In the Holy Qur'an (2:110), we read, "And establish prayer and give zakat, and whatever good
you put forward for yourselves-you will find it with Allah; surely Allah sees what you do."
Muslims may pay Zakat al-Maal (2.5%) of their savings for a period
of one full year during Ramadan.