Prayer rooms

The DMU Prayer Rooms are open for use for students and staff on Monday to Friday from 8am until 9pm, during term time when DMU is open. 

The Muslim Prayer Rooms are based on the Lower Ground Floor of the Portland Building. The Prayer Room entrance is found at the rear entrance of Portland Building on Newarke Close, through the car park. Our full address is:

Portland Building
De Montfort University
Newarke Close
Leicester
LE2 7GZ

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Brothers' Prayer Room

The Brothers' Prayer Room (Room 00.31) has been extended with the new area having an induction loop to assist hearing, and is wheelchair accessible. It has ablution facilities (Room 00.31b) and nearby toilets (Room 00.18).

Sisters' Prayer Room

The Sisters’ Prayer Room (Room 00.27) is next door where prayers can be joined with the Imam. The full room has an induction loop to assist hearing and is wheelchair accessible. It has facilities for ablution (Room 00.20) and toilets (Room 00.19). In these toilets, free sanitary products will be offered, as part of a De Montfort Students Union (DSU) campaign to address period poverty across De Montfort University (DMU) campus, to improve female wellbeing across the university.  

 

 

  1. Prayer times

    Please see below, the current prayer timetable. These are updated shortly before the start of each new month.

    Prayer timetable: Ramadan (March/April) 2024
  2. Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) times

    Jumu'ah prayers take place on Friday during term-time. Please note second and third Jumu'ah will be performed, provided there are sufficient numbers of people to make a congregation.

    Khutbah (Sermon): Brief transcript

    British Winter Time (BWT): Current

    British Summer Time (BST)

  3. Lillah (Donations)

    All users are encouraged to support the Prayer Room and all donations will be utilised to maintain, improve and enhance the Prayer Room and its activities, such as Ramadan Iftar and Eid.

    To make a donation, please visit the DMU Store's Prayer Room Donations page, input your own donation amount and select "Add to basket". You will receive a receipt via email to confirm your donation.

    On behalf of the Prayer Room, we thank you for your kind and generous donations.

  4. Prayer names

    • Adhān (Call for Prayer)
    • Khutbah (Sermon)
    • Jamā`ah (Congregational Prayer)

    There are five (5) mandatory Ṣalāh (prayers) which consist of the following Raka`āt (units):

    Prayers
    Ṣalāh (Prayer) Time Sunnah before Farḍ Farḍ Sunnah after Farḍ Nafl Witr Nafl
    Fajr (Morning) Dawn to sunrise 2 2
    Ẓuhr (Midday) After true noon till Asr 4 4 2 2
    Aṣr (Late Afternoon) End of Ẓuhr to sunset 4 4
    Maghrib (Evening) Sunset to when white of dusk 3 2 2
    Ishā (Night) Dusk until dawn 4 4 2 2 3 2
    Jumu'ah (Friday) Fridays only (instead of Ẓuhr) 4 2 4/2 2

  5. Diary dates

    2024 (1445 AH) diary dates

    These Gregorian dates are according to the expected first sighting of the new moon (lunar crescent), pending the actual sighting.

    Event Date
    Laylah al-Barā`ah (Sha`bān) Sunday 25 February 2024
    Ramaḍān Sunday 10 March 2024
    Laylah al-Qadr Friday 5 April 2024
    `Id al-Fitr (Ramaḍān Eid) Wednesday 10 April 2024
    Ḏū al-Ḥijjah Friday 7 June 2024
    Yawm `Arafah Saturday 15 June 2024
    `Id al-Adhā (Ḥajj Eid) Sunday 16 June 2024
    `Ḥijrāh (Islamic New Year) Sunday 7 July 2024
    `Āshūrah (10th Muḥarram) Tuesday 16 July 2024

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