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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: May 2025

  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):

    British Summer Time (BST): Current

  3. Lillah (Donations)

    De Montfort University's Prayer Room is equipped with ablution facilities and a dedicated Imam to enhance the student experience and staff well-being with approximately 1,000 users that utilise the facilities and services. A photo gallery showing these facilities can be found further down the page.

    Staff, students, alumni and visitors are encouraged to support the Prayer Room, and all donations will be used to maintain, improve and enhance the Prayer Room and services for the users.

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

    Make a donation

  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

    2025 (1445 / 1446 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) Friday 14 February 2025
    Ramaḍān Saturday 01 March 2025
    Laylah al-Qadr Thursday 27 March 2025
    `Id al-Fitr (Ramaḍān Eid) Sunday 30 March 2025
    Ḏū al-Ḥijjah Wednesday 28 May 2025
    Yawm `Arafah Thursday 05 June 2025
    `Id al-Adhā (Ḥajj Eid) Friday 06 June 2025
    `Ḥijrāh (Islamic New Year) Friday 27 June 2025
    `Āshūrah (10th Muḥarram) Sunday 06 July 2025

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