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“He who gives food for a fasting person to break his fast, he will receive the same reward as him, except that nothing will be reduced from the fasting person’s reward.” (Al-Tirmidhee)

To donate by credit card to sponsor a community iftar, please go here.
IMPORTANT: Before you make the payment, please make sure you are not paying to the ‘Unrestricted Fund’ but to ‘Muslim Students Association’. Click ‘Remove’ to get to ‘Muslim Students Association’ if it doesn’t show up on the link above.

Ramadan 1432 is upon us, and the MIT MSA is working enthusiastically to highlight the splendor of Ramadan for all MIT students in their hectic academic schedules and away from their families. The Holy Month will be starting roughly on August 1 and continue until August 29.

For all of Ramadan, the iftars will be in McCormick Country Kitchen. All community iftars are sponsored by generous members who donate to the MIT Muslim community every year, as we cannot receive assistance from the MIT administration for these iftars.

This endeavor has been made possible year after year through the support of well-wishers like yourself and this year is no different. As each Iftar costs around $500/day, for a total of 29 days, every donation is greatly appreciated.

You can help via the following methods:

  1. You can donate by a credit card and the money will be deposited in a special Ramadan account, the money for which is only used for Ramadan purposes and nothing else. To make Credit Card payment, go here IMPORTANT: Before you make the payment, please make sure you are not paying to the ‘Unrestricted Fund’ but to ‘Muslim Students Association’. Click ‘Remove’ to get to ‘Muslim Students Association’ if it doesn’t show up on the link above
  2. Alternately, you can also pay by check or cook for the community (around 80 people) for one day. In the past we have had iftars cooked by Iranian, Bangladeshi, Turkish, and many other cultural groups.
  3. We will also be collecting donations for these community iftars after Jumu’ah Prayers, as has occurred throughout the summer.
  4. If you want more information about how your money will be used, or who you can give a check to, or are interested in cooking iftar for us, please do not hesitate to email this year’s Ramadan coordinator, Hana Khalil.