Prayer rooms
The DMU Prayer Rooms are open for use for students and staff on Monday to Friday from 8am until 9pm, during term time when DMU is open.
The Muslim Prayer Rooms are based on the Lower Ground Floor of the Portland Building. The Prayer Room entrance is found at the rear entrance of Portland Building on Newarke Close, through the car park. Our full address is:
Portland Building
De Montfort University
Newarke Close
Leicester
LE2 7GZ
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Brothers' Prayer Room
The Brothers' Prayer Room (Room 00.31) has been extended with the new area having an induction loop to assist hearing, and is wheelchair accessible. It has ablution facilities (Room 00.31b) and nearby toilets (Room 00.18).
Sisters' Prayer Room
The Sisters’ Prayer Room (Room 00.27) is next door where prayers can be joined with the Imam. The full room has an induction loop to assist hearing and is wheelchair accessible. It has facilities for ablution (Room 00.20) and toilets (Room 00.19). In these toilets, free sanitary products will be offered, as part of a De Montfort Students Union (DSU) campaign to address period poverty across De Montfort University (DMU) campus, to improve female wellbeing across the university.
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Prayer times
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Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) times
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Lillah (Donations)
All users are encouraged to support the Prayer Room and all donations will be utilised to maintain, improve and enhance the Prayer Room and its activities, such as Ramadan Iftar and Eid.
To make a donation, please visit the DMU Store's Prayer Room Donations page, input your own donation amount and select "Add to basket". You will receive a receipt via email to confirm your donation.
On behalf of the Prayer Room, we thank you for your kind and generous donations.
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Prayer names
- Adhān (Call for Prayer)
- Khutbah (Sermon)
- Jamā`ah (Congregational Prayer)
There are five (5) mandatory Ṣalāh (prayers) which consist of the following Raka`āt (units):
Prayers
Ṣalāh (Prayer) |
Time |
Sunnah before Farḍ |
Farḍ |
Sunnah after Farḍ |
Nafl |
Witr |
Nafl |
Fajr (Morning) |
Dawn to sunrise |
2 |
2 |
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Ẓuhr (Midday) |
After true noon till Asr |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
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Aṣr (Late Afternoon) |
End of Ẓuhr to sunset |
4 |
4 |
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Maghrib (Evening) |
Sunset to when white of dusk |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
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Ishā (Night) |
Dusk until dawn |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Jumu'ah (Friday) |
Fridays only (instead of Ẓuhr) |
4 |
2 |
4/2 |
2 |
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Diary dates
2025 (1445 / 1446 AH) diary dates
These Gregorian dates are according to the expected first sighting of the new moon (lunar crescent), pending the actual sighting.
Event |
Date |
Laylah al-Barā`ah (Sha`bān) |
Friday 14 February 2025 |
Ramaḍān |
Saturday 01 March 2025 |
Laylah al-Qadr |
Thursday 27 March 2025 |
`Id al-Fitr (Ramaḍān Eid) |
Sunday 30 March 2025 |
Ḏū al-Ḥijjah |
Wednesday 28 May 2025 |
Yawm `Arafah |
Thursday 05 June 2025 |
`Id al-Adhā (Ḥajj Eid) |
Friday 06 June 2025 |
`Ḥijrāh (Islamic New Year) |
Friday 27 June 2025 |
`Āshūrah (10th Muḥarram) |
Sunday 06 July 2025 |
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