Islamic Education Center 2313 S. Voss Rd., Houston, TX 77057-2385 Ph: (713) 787-5000 www.iec-houston.org
1439 / 2017 ASHRA-E-AWWAL MAJALIS (1ST THRU 12TH MOHARRAM) Speakers:
Urdu: Maulana Syed Farhat Abbas (Topic: Understanding Philosophy of Human Trials)
Ladies Morning Majalis (English/Urdu): Sister Shabih-e-Zehra (Topic: Dushman Shanasi)
English: Maulana Seyed Hadi Yassin (Topic: Reviving True Islam; Diagnosing False Belief in our Religion)
Farsi: Maulana Jawad Wahedi (Topic: )
Children’s Program: Ages 4-9 conducted by AZC and community volunteers in Rooms 105 and 107.
Muharram-1439
Nights of Moharram 1 st thru 9th; 11th & 12th
Thursday, Sep. 21st – Tuesday, Oct 3rd Ladies’ Majalis (Eng./Urdu) will start from
Friday Sep. 22nd. 10:30 am -12:30 pm (Main Hall) EVENING PROGRAM:
Maghribein Prayers click here for timings
Ziyarat-e-Ashura 8:15 pm
Simultaneous Sessions: 8:30 pm
Urdu Majlis (Main Hall) 8:45 pm
Eng. Majlis (Men’s Din. Hall) 8:45 pm
Farsi Majlis (Ladies Dining Hall) 8:45 pm
Matam 9:45 pm
Aamal-e-Shab-e-Ashura
Saturday Night, September 30th Main Hall
IEC Internal Juloos 10:00 pm
Short Aamal 11:15 pm
Break 12:00 pm
All Night Aamal:
Quran Recitation 1:00 am
Aamal Shabe Ashura 1:10 am
Break 2:30 am
Aamal Continue 3:00 am
Majlis 4:00 am
Matam 4:30 am
Break 5:00 am
Video Presentation 5:30 am
Namaz-e-Shab 5:40 am
Day of Ashura
Sunday, October 1st Main Hall
Azan-e-Ali Akbar 5:57 am
Fajr Prayer 6:07 am
Majlis (Main Hall) 6:15 am
Ladies Majlis 10:00 am
Aamal-e-Ashura 11:00 am
English Majlis (Main Hall) 12:00 pm
By Maulana Seyed Hadi Yassin
Zohr/Asr Prayers 1:11 pm
Excerpts from Imam Khomeini’s and Rahber’s
Speech 1:30 pm
(Main. Hall)
Simultaneous Sessions:
Urdu Majlis (Main Hall) 2:15 pm
Farsi Majlis (Ladies Din. Hall) 2:15 pm
Eng. Majlis (Men’s Din. Hall) 2:15 pm
Faqa Shikni (Breaking Hardship) 4:00 pm
Multimedia Presentation 6:30 pm
Maghreb/Isha Prayers 7:24 pm
Majlis Sham-e-Ghariban:
Urdu (Main Hall) 8:00 pm
Farsi (Ladies Din. Hall) 8:00 pm
English (Men’s Din. Hall) 8:00 pm
Matam 9:00 pm
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G U I D E L I N E S
Ziarat-e-Ashura will be recited everyday, 1st thru 12th of Moharram after Isha Prayers.
Please donate generously towards Muharram Fund. Please contact, Br. Zaheer Zaidi @ 281-746-8546, Br.
Faisal Rizvi @ 832-367-8808, Br. Azizollah Suri @ 832-907-5008 (or any board member if you like to
sponsor Tabarruk on a particular night). You may also kindly make your contributions online at
https://www.iec-houston.org/store/index.php?id=1.
To recite English Salam/Noha please sign up, in advance, with Br. Hyder Syed @ 713-305-4370.
To recite Farsi Salam/Noha please sign up, in advance, with Br. Azizollah Suri @ 832-907-5008.
To recite Urdu Salam/Mersiya/Noha please sign up, in advance, with Br. Hasnain Zaidi @ 281-684-2894.
Ladies please contact Sr. Kaukab Jafri @ (832-744-4813), Sr. Shahnaz Amiri @ (281-250-3068) for
Tabarruk Fund or to sign up for recitation of Quran, Hadith-e-Kisa, Salam, Mersiya or Noha.
Recitation of Dua-e-Tawassul on Sep. 26th and Dua-e-Kumayl on Sep. 28th will be 30 minutes before Maghreb
Salat.
Please park your vehicles properly in the designated areas and cooperate with the volunteers.
***** On the Day of Ashura Ladies Majlis and Amal will be held upstairs in Men’s Dining Hall. *****
Use of zanjeer, blades, and/or any other instrument that causes bleeding is prohibited for Matam at IEC.