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.

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Jummah Prayers will be held at Owen Brown Interfaith Center (OBIC)

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This Ramdan, we will hold Tahajjud prayers during the last ten nights of Ramadan at the MFC Musallah iA.

Reciters: Imam Sami Zaharna

Following prayers, suhoor will be provided. Please donate to the Suhoor fund.

Date: March 21 - March 29

Ages: Everyone is welcome

Itikaf: Registration required

Tahajjud: 4AM

Location: MFC Musallah, 5796 Waterloo Road

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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, drive thru, 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!

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 14th)

• Community Iftar (March 2)

• Converts Iftar (March 2)

• Pick Up Iftar (March 9 & 23)

• Drive Thru Iftar (March 24-28)

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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 9 & 23

Ages: Everyone is welcome

Time: 2:30-5PM

Parking: Owen Brown Interfaith Center

7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia

Stroll: Lake Elkhorn Park

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The Iftar meals are made possible through your generous contributions, and they also help support our local businesses and refugee caterers. After the Salah & Stroll event, each family is welcome to receive up to four meals for pick-up iftars, with a first-come, first-serve policy.

Pick-Up Iftar Dates:

• March 9 at 3PM: Halal Cousins

• March 23 at 4 PM: Zaman Grill

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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.

Location: Alpha Ridge Park

Date: March 29th

Time: 6:00pm-8:15pm

Age: Everyone is welcome!

Fee: $12 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.

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Date: March 30th

Age: Everyone is welcome!

Time: Takbeerat: 8:30 | Khutba: 9:00AM

Location: Guilford Park HS

Note: We will pray on tarps, feel free to bring prayer rugs.

Post Eid prayer: Join us for some light Eid festivities including food trucks, face painting, balloons, and goodie bags!

If anything changes related to Eid prayer because of weather we will communicate that as soon as we know.

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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, Prophet’s Wives, Quran, Battles, Companions

Date: Tuesdays

Ages: Kids and Youth

Time: 6:00 PM

Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE FUN!

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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.

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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.

Download your checklists here. Submit your checklist here.

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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!

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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!

Date: March 16

Ages: Everyone is welcome!

Time: 6 PM

Location: BWI Marriott - 1743 W. Nursery Rd., Linthicum Heights

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MFC is excited to host an interMSA iftar for Howard County High School students.

Date: March 14

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.

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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 :) 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 14th

Age: Everyone is welcome!

Time: After 2nd Jummah

Location: Meet at OBIC Parking Lot

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Join us for Suhoor at Busboys and Poets! All their chicken is HALAL!

Date: March 2

Ages: All Ages (Family)

Time: 1AM-5AM

Location: Busboys and Poets

6251 Mango Tree Rd, Columbia, MD 21044

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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:

• Community Iftar (March 2)

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