Evening Program

   Welcome to Webster University

  the 13th Annual Ramadan POTLUCK Iftar/Break(a)Fast

We welcome all participants to share their respective cultural traditions. 

  6:00 PM   Event Setup (60 min.)

  7:00 PM   Program Starts, Building OPEN  (University Center Sunnen Lounge, Commons, and Cafeteria, 2nd floor)

  7:14 PM   Adhan2,  3Iftar a.k.a Break(a)Fast followed by 4Salāt Al-Maġrib;6Sajada is provided in the presentation room, southeast side of the building, by the staircase, to your right

  8:28 PM   Adhan2, 5Salāt Al-Isha

  9:30 PM   Program Ends

                   (Space Clean up 60 min.)

10:30 PM   Building CLOSED

Glossary of Terms

1Qira'at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qira%27at. A Qur'anic recitation - the tradition in the month of Ramadan by a hafiz (a memorizer of the entire Qur'an)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_(Qur%27an)

2Adhan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhan. A call for prayer

3Iftar  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iftar. A fast break time (determined by sunset time for the location where one performs a fast). The Break(a)Fast time for this event is provided from http://www.islamicfinder.org)

4Salāt Al-Maġrib http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghrib. A prayer prayed just after sunset, is the fourth of five formal daily prayers.

5Salāt Al-Isha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_prayer. The fifth of five formal daily prayers.

6Sajada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajada a prayer rug/mat