1st Jummah: 1:00 PM, Iqama (estimate): 1:25 PM
The Islamic Center of Petaluma was established in 1989. Its humble beginnings were in a local muslim family’s garage where the local muslims of Petaluma and Sonoma county could congregate on a regular basis.
As the muslim population of Petaluma and Sonoma county grew over the next couple of years they needed more space and rented an apartment in Greenbriar (now Addison Ranch) and used to use the Greenbriar apartment hall for larger congregations on Friday. When the Friday congregations got really large in number, they started renting Hermann Sons Hall for Friday congregation only. In all this time they did not have a resident Imam but relied on local muslims to lead the prayers and congregations. During the holy month of Ramadan, they would invite Hufadh (muslims who have memorized the Holy Quran) from England to lead the Taraweeh prayer (Taraweeh prayer is exclusive to Ramadan where a recitation of the Holy Quran is done during the month).
In the year 2000, an opportunity arose wherein the Calvary Chapel in Petaluma decided to move to Sebastopol and wanted to sell their facility. The Islamic Center of Petaluma purchased this facility with the help of funds raised from the local and extended muslim communities and moved into the present location on Bassett street during Thanksgiving in the year 2000. The Islamic Center is supported entirely by the local and extended muslim communities through donations and has seen a lot of renovation work since the year 2000. This new facility used to have the late Maulana Ashraf Ismail (may Allah have mercy on him) as its resident Imam and currently has Imam Ahmad Ali as its resident Imam.
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Omar Zahran
a month agoSalam Alykom . why is the Majid closed? I came for duhr prayer, the Masjid was closed and the contact number. is not working and it’s a rainy day. I had to use the water outside to make wodo and pray outside.
Amid Ydarnikov
4 months agoAmazing Islamic community, you can even purchase a meal after Friday pray.
L. B
3 months agoHappy they’re a part of our community ❤️
abdu kishk
a year agoI visited this masjid years ago for jummah. I saw brothers with little plastic hats which I though was strange. I don't know if that's thing in parts of India or Pakistan. Then jummah was all in classical arabic. I am half Egyptian but I couldn't help think to myself looking around if anyone else understood the khutbah. It seemed that most are of Indian or Pakistani orgin/ decent. I would suggest to at least make half of the khutbah in english for non arabic speaking people and especially the youth. JAK.
H Sh
a year agoMashaAllah beautiful masjid! Friday prayer started around 1:00 pm PST with Arabic sermon, followed by salat. I saw couple of women so there must be women area too. Restrooms are available for wudu. They also had lunch program and served nice Hyderabadi Haleem.