Moonsighting Rajab 1440 AH – Friday March 8th, 2019

To all our Members and participants Salaam Alaykum,We hope the blessed month of Rajab has brought all of you health and prosperity.As you may be aware, the Government of Ontario has announced that many of the COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted as of March 1, 2022. In accordance with these guidelines issued by the Province,…

  The Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto would like to inform its members that the first day of the month of Ramadhan will be on Thursday March 23rd, 2023. Imam al-Jawād (a) has said: At the beginning of each month and on the first day, a two-unit prayer may be offered. In the first…

To our Community Members and attendees, On December 31, 2019, China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) about several cases of pneumonia caused by a new virus called 2019nCoV. This is a coronavirus which is in the same family of viruses that causes many diseases including SARS and MERS but also the common cold. Since then, thousands…

Imam al-Jawād (a) has said: At the beginning of each month and on the first day, a two-unit prayer may be offered. In the first unit, Sura al-Fatiha is recited once and Sura al-Tawhid repeated thirty times. In the second, Sura al-Fatiha is recited once and Sura al-Qadr repeated thirty times. After completing it, alms…

A Total Lunar Eclipse is expected on January 20-21, 2019 and will be visible with the naked eye throughout North America. Toronto Eclipse Timings Partial Eclipse Begins: 10:33pm Total Eclipse Begins: 11:41pm Maximum Eclipse : Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:12am Total Eclipse Ends: 12:43am Partial Eclipse Ends: 1:50am What is an Eclipse? Eclipses of the Moon happen…