Ramadan Kareem!
We pray that Allah accepts from all of us this month. We're looking forward to having you join us at our Ramadan programs - which will open throughout Ramadan. Some are now open for registration. InshaAllah we hope to see you at our 10 year anniversary event on Sunday and throughout the month! May you and your family be of those who are accepted into paradise this Ramadan. Please do not forget MFC and our new masjid Gateway to Paradise Project in your duas and sadaqa this Ramadan!
Please watch Imam Sami explains the changes to Taraweeh this year.
2024 MFC Ramadan Event Calendar
Registration for some of our Ramadan Events and Classes is now open. Other events will open throughout Ramadan.
Click on the buttons below to navigate to program details!
This year, inshaAllah, we will be praying 20 rakat of Taraweeh and completing the full recitation of the Quran at OBIC. Imam Sami Zaharna will lead Isha & Witr prayers. Hafiz Huzaifa Zia, Mohammad Abdul Motagaly, & Shaheer Imam will lead the Taraweeh prayers. As always, the program will be accommodating to families with a nightly children’s program and should last between 1 hour and 45 minutes and 2 hours inshaAllah.
The Taraweeh schedule can be found here.
This year, Imam Sami Zaharna will lead a khatira series entitled “Call to the Believers,” exploring the verses in which Allah addresses the believers directly.
Ramadan is the most blessed month of year and we as Muslims are thrilled to start the month of Ibadah in hopes that the good we do this month remains and we are better Muslims at the end. Worshipping Allah gives us an overwhelming sense of peace and we often look forward to the sleepless nights of Taraweeh, reading Quran, and gathering with friends and family for Iftar despite the difficulties and hardships.
However, it’s a bit more difficult when your little ones are not quite ready to participate in fasting and long nights of Ibadah. Little lanterns was developed with that in mind. Our goal is to get young children excited and to motivate them to learn more about their deen and participate in acts of worship where they too can be rewarded. Your children are sure to have a blast with activities, storytime, crafts and so much more.
Space is limited, registration will be required and registration will open soon.
If you’ve joined us for one of our family qiyams at OBIC in the past, then you know they are nights to remember. Coming together with the families at MFC to connect and remember Allah together – with prayers, guest speakers, nasheed, ice breakers, Q/A, and an amazing Suhoor. May Allah always allow our community to grow in brotherhood and sisterhood through events like this where we get closer to Him together. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Date: March 30th
Ages: Everyone is welcome!
Time: Taraweeh-Fajr (overnight)
Location: Owen Brown Interfaith Center
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
Jummah Prayers will be held at Owen Brown Interfaith Center (OBIC)
1st Khutbah 1:30 PM (Khateeb: Ust. Yousef Seyal)
2nd Khutbah 2:30 PM (Khateeb: Br. Mobeen Vaid)
Please join us at MFC’s Ramadan Fundraiser. Our fast-growing community is counting on your support! We will have a special guest, Dr. Altaf Hussain. Don’t miss out.
We need your support to continue nurturing spiritual excellence within families by offering purposeful programs and services in an uplifting and inclusive environment!
Mark your calendars, April 6th @ 5:30PM.
Date: April 6th
Ages: Everyone is welcome!
Time: 6PM
Location: The Westin Hotel
1110 Old Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
MFC will be providing over 2500 iftar meals this Ramadan. We need your help! The cost of the iftars has gone up and we really need to support our local restaurants and refugee caterers who rely on Ramadan sales every year.
We will have a mix of in person and pickup iftars. Please check the calendar to see dates for iftars. Sponsor specific iftars today. or donate to the Iftar Fund. You can also sponsor suhoors!
Community Iftars are only possible through generous contributions and these iftars support our local businesses and refugee caterers.
MFC will host the following community Iftars at OBIC this year:
High School MSA Iftar (March 15)
Community Iftars (March 16, March 24, March 30)
Converts Iftar (March 30)
MFC will also provide Pickup Iftars from the Musallah during the last 10 weeknights of Ramadan.
Pickup Iftar signup will open on March 28.
Nostalgic MFC community suhoors bring back some warm memories! We really missed them the past couple of years, so we’re bringing them back, alhumdulillah. Please join us in reviving this staple tradition.
Date: March 17
Ages: Everyone is welcome!
Time: Anytime between 11 pm - 5 am
Location: IHOP
7371 Assateague Dr, Jessup, MD 20794
Space is limited, please RSVP.
MFC is excited to host an interMSA iftar for Howard County High School students.
Date: March 15th
Ages: High Schoolers & Alumnis
Time: 5:00PM
Location: Owen Brown Interfaith Center
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
High schoolers must register!
Space is limited, so please register now.
This Ramdan, we will hold Tahajjud prayers during the last ten nights of Ramadan at the MFC Musallah iA.
Reciters: Imam Sami Zaharna & Yusuf Abdul Rahman
Following prayers, suhoor will be provided. Please donate to the Suhoor fund.
Date: March 31 - April 8
Ages: Everyone is welcome
Time: 3:30AM - Fajr
Location: MFC Musallah, 5796 Waterloo Road
We will have the Boys and Girls Youth Qiyam ul-layl again this year! These events bring long lasting friendships that will bring them closer to Allah, inshaAllah.
We will come together for an ice breaker, youth discussions, prayer, hang out time, games, and snacks. Suhoor will be provided. Bring your friends, and we can’t wait to see you at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center!
Boys Qiyam: March 22
Ages: 11-19
Time: 11:30PM to Fajr (overnight)
Fee: $30 (free for community sustainers)
Location: Owen Brown Interfaith Center
We will have the Boys and Girls Youth Qiyam ul-layl again this year! These events bring long lasting friendships that will bring them closer to Allah, inshaAllah.
We will come together for an ice breaker, youth discussions, prayer, hang out time, games, and snacks. Suhoor will be provided. Bring your friends, and we can’t wait to see you at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center!
Girls Qiyam: March 23
Ages: 11-19
Time: 11:30PM to Fajr (overnight)
Fee: $30 (free for community sustainers)
Location: Owen Brown Interfaith Center
Join the MFC families on a light stroll before iftar! Make new connections and rekindle old ones. Family strollers will get priority for MFC Iftar pick-ups, so be sure to join us!
Park at Owen Brown Interfaith Center. Cross over to Elkhorn and enjoy a stroll with local families. We will have a short reflection and make dhikr before heading home inshaAllah.
Date: March 16 & 30
Ages: Everyone is welcome
Time: 2:00PM
Parking: Owen Brown Interfaith Center
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
Stroll: Lake Elkhorn Park
Back by popular demand, the Ramadan Checklists will continue again this year and points will be accrued through the Paradise Power-Up Program. Print and complete checklists for 10 days of Ramadan. Limited paper copies will be available at Taraweeh. Checklists must be submitted on the due dates.
Ramadan checklists can be submitted here:
First 10 days (due March 20)
Second 10 days (due March 30)
Final 10 days (due April 6, bring to Eid to redeem your Power-Up points)
Winners (not including adults) will be announced during Taraweeh.
Welcome to our new program: Paradise Power-Up.
Ramadan is a great time to encourage our youth to strive for the best of this world and the hereafter. It's critical that we instill beautiful memories and associations of Ramadan in our youth! This rewards program will inshaAllah do just that, as they strive to do more good deeds, please Allah, and get rewarded in this world and the hereafter. Kids - do good deeds, earn points, and claim prizes!!
Find out more: Paradise Power-Up!
Join us for Islamic Kahoot for Kids & Youth on Tuesdays to encourage our children to be students of Islam. Winners will receive Paradise Power-Up Points!
Topics: Ramadan, Prophets, Stories in the Quran, Prayer & Islamic Etiquette
Date: Tuesdays
Ages: Kids and Youth
Time: 6:30PM
Please join us to perform an act of Ibaadah and a sunnah of the Prophet (SAW) to sight the moon to end Ramadan. At the moonsighting location, we will have iftar together. Iftar will be provided inshaAllah. Please remember to bring a prayer rug, blanket, and flashlight.
The program includes:
1) Biking, walking, & play on fields with a game of frisbee
2) Iftar and Maghrib
3) Stories with Brother Ehab
4) Nasheeds with Brother Ghuydar
5) Moonsighting and Telescope time with Brother Tamim
6) Isha at OBIC
Since we will be providing Iftar, space is limited, so registration is required.
Location: Alpha Ridge Park, Marriottsville
Date: April 8th, 2024
Time: 6:30pm - 8:45pm
Age: Everyone is welcome!
Fee: $10 per iftar (Free for MFC Community Sustainers).
If you are unable to pay for your iftar, please contact us at operations@muslimfamilycenter.org. No one will be turned away.
Registration will open March 28th. Space is limited.
Join us at OBIC as we pick up trash around Lake Elkhorn and Owen Brown to help keep our community clean! Please bring gardening or other thick gloves and a trash bag - we'll provide trash grabbers and perhaps even some free t-shirts for the early birds :) We will weigh the trash at the end and the group (kids vs adults) with the most trash collected will win Paradise Power-Up Points!
Date: March 17th
Age: Everyone is welcome!
Time: 10AM
Location: Meet at OBIC Parking Lot
Registration will open soon.
May Allah bless you and your family with a wonderful
Ramadan full of barakah and success, Ameen!