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.