The Prophet  said: “The prayer in my masjid (Masjid An-Nabawi) is better than one thousand (1000) prayers in any other masjid with the exception of al-Masjid Al-Haraam, and a prayer in al-Masjid Al-Haraam is better than one hundred thousand (100,000) prayers.”

In order to help you catch as many group prayers as possible, these are the estimated iqama times during the year inshaAllah. For information on how to pray behind the imam, click here.

Makkah

PrayerOutside RamadanRamadan
Fajr15 to 20 minutes after adhān10 minutes after adhān
Zuhr15 minutes after adhān15 minutes after adhān
Asr15 minutes after adhān15 minutes after adhān
Maghrib7 minutes after adhān7 minutes after adhān
Isha10 minutes after adhān2 hours after Maghrib adhān
Friday (Jum’a) Prayerfirst adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer timefirst adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time
Funeral (Janaza) Prayersdirectly after any obligatory prayerdirectly after any obligatory prayer
Tarawihn/aimmediately after Isha prayer

*There is an adhan that is given 45 to 60 minutes before Fajr enters everyday in Makkah.

*Please note that when the mosque clocks state the time for shuruq, what is meant is that the Fajr prayer time officially ends at this time. As for praying the voluntary shuruq prayer and duha prayer, one must wait until about 20 minutes after this time, such that the sun fully rises above the horizon, before offering any prayer.

Madina

PrayerOutside RamadanRamadan
Fajr15 to 20 minutes after adhān20 minutes after adhān
Zuhr15 minutes after adhān15 minutes after adhān
Asr15 minutes after adhān15 minutes after adhān
Maghrib7 minutes after adhān15 minutes after adhān
Isha10 minutes after adhān2 hours after Maghrib adhān
Friday (Jum’a) Prayerfirst adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer timefirst adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time
Funeral (Janaza) Prayersdirectly after any obligatory prayerdirectly after any obligatory prayer
Tarawihn/aimmediately after Isha prayer

*Please note that when the mosque clocks state the time for shuruq, what is meant is that the Fajr prayer time officially ends at this time. As for praying the voluntary shuruq prayer and duha prayer, one must wait until about 20 minutes after this time, such that the sun fully rises above the horizon, before offering any prayer.