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
| Prayer | Outside Ramadan | Ramadan |
| Fajr | 15 to 20 minutes after adhān | 10 minutes after adhān |
| Zuhr | 15 minutes after adhān | 15 minutes after adhān |
| Asr | 15 minutes after adhān | 15 minutes after adhān |
| Maghrib | 7 minutes after adhān | 7 minutes after adhān |
| Isha | 10 minutes after adhān | 2 hours after Maghrib adhān |
| Friday (Jum’a) Prayer | first adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time | first adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time |
| Funeral (Janaza) Prayers | directly after any obligatory prayer | directly after any obligatory prayer |
| Tarawih | n/a | immediately 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
| Prayer | Outside Ramadan | Ramadan |
| Fajr | 15 to 20 minutes after adhān | 20 minutes after adhān |
| Zuhr | 15 minutes after adhān | 15 minutes after adhān |
| Asr | 15 minutes after adhān | 15 minutes after adhān |
| Maghrib | 7 minutes after adhān | 15 minutes after adhān |
| Isha | 10 minutes after adhān | 2 hours after Maghrib adhān |
| Friday (Jum’a) Prayer | first adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time | first adhān is 30 minutes before Zuhr prayer time enters and second adhān / khutba is at Zuhr prayer time |
| Funeral (Janaza) Prayers | directly after any obligatory prayer | directly after any obligatory prayer |
| Tarawih | n/a | immediately 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.
