Ramadan 2026

As-Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah!
 

We are delighted that this year, The Muslim World League will be sponsoring our campus community Iftar dinners, for both Cambridge and Longwood.

This year the communal Iftar dinners will be held in the SOCH in Cambridge on Mondays – Fridays for the first three weeks of Ramadan. There will not be any communal Iftar dinners during the final week of Ramadan, which falls during Spring Break week on campus.

Our community iftar dinners will begin this Thursday night February 19^th in the SOCH. RSVP and Harvard ID is of course required.

In Longwood, the Muslim World League will be hosting the Iftar dinners in Sebastian Café on Mondays thru Wednesdays throughout Ramadan (including during the Spring Break week that is observed in Cambridge). On Thursdays and Fridays, our host invites members of the Longwood community to join us in Cambridge for the Iftar dinners.

For information regarding Iftar dinner options during the weekends and spring break week, if you are an undergraduate student, please contact the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS), and if you are a graduate student, then please contact HGIS.

As usual, attendees will be required to have a Harvard ID and to RSVP to attend the weekday Iftar dinners. The link to the RSVP form is also below.

Finally, we will be hosting Taraweeh Prayers nightly. The Taraweeh prayers will be in the SOCH during the weeknights of Ramadan and in the Smith Campus Center Musallah during the weekends and during Spring Break week.

Taraweeh Prayers will begin this Wednesday night in the SOCH. 

The nightly program for Taraweeh will be as follows:

• Mondays thru Fridays Taraweeh will be held in the SOCH.
• Saturdays and Sundays it will be held in the Smith Campus Musallah (room 240). 

During Spring Break Week in Cambridge, Taraweeh prayers will be held in the Smith Campus Musallah all week.

The nightly breakdown during Ramadan for Isha and Taraweeh will be as follows: 

A.) Starting from this Wednesday February 18 to Saturday March 7th: 

7:30pm – Iqama for Isha Prayer 
7:45pm – Nightly Khatira by Chaplain Khalil summarizing the content of a part (juz) of the Quran 
8pm – 9:15pm - Taraweeh (8 Rakats) then Witr Prayer
 
B.) Starting from Sunday March 8 to Wednesday March 18th: (daylight savings time will cause the time to go forward one hour) 

8:30pm – Iqama for Isha Prayer
8:45pm - Nightly Khatira by Chaplain Khalil summarizing the content of a part (juz) of the Quran
9pm - 10:15pm - Taraweeh (8 Rakats) then Witr Prayer

We look forward to seeing everyone this Wednesday night for Isha and Taraweeh, and this Thursday night at the SOCH for Iftar.
 
Ramadan Mubarak
The Muslim Chaplains