Ras Al Khaimah Prayer Times Today 2026: Namaz, Azan & Salah Timings, Monthly Calendar, Sehri/Iftar & Qibla Guide

Ras Al Khaimah wakes up first. As the UAE’s northernmost emirate, where the Hajar mountains drop into the sea, it catches the morning sun before any other emirate, and that single geographic fact runs through everything on this page, from the Fajr time in the morning to the choice of mosque in the evening. The timetable below is the live feed for Ras Al Khaimah city, and it is the only one on this site that fits this emirate.

Today’s Prayer Times in Ras Al Khaimah

Below is the live IslamicFinder timetable for Ras Al Khaimah. It refreshes daily, and its date control lets you look ahead while the monthly view lays out the whole month.

Do not carry another emirate’s times into Ras Al Khaimah. The differences are only minutes, but minutes are the whole business of prayer times, and this emirate’s minutes run ahead of everyone else’s.

The Earliest Fajr in the UAE

Because Ras Al Khaimah sits further east than the rest of the country, its dawn breaks first. The live feeds make the gap concrete: on 22 October 2026, the IslamicFinder widget showed Fajr at 5:00 AM in Ras Al Khaimah against 5:06 AM in Abu Dhabi, and Maghrib at 5:44 PM against 5:52 PM, six to eight minutes ahead at both ends of the day. That gap is not a quirk of one app: it is longitude doing its work, roughly four minutes per degree of longitude, and it holds all year, drifting only with the seasons. The UAE stays on Gulf Standard Time (UTC+4) with no daylight saving, so the gap never jumps, it just breathes in and out by minutes as sunrise and sunset move.

Two Mosques Older Than the Country Itself

Ras Al Khaimah’s prayer life is anchored by mosques that predate the UAE by centuries, and both are still in daily use. The first is the Sheikh Zayed Mosque on the old Al Qawasim Corniche road in the Dafan Al Khor neighbourhood, not to be confused with Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque. The emirate’s tourism authority describes it as possibly one of the oldest places of worship in the country where prayers are still held, its façade restored in plaster, coral stone and beach rock while its architecture still carries the era of Sheikh Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi. Inside are 60 columns, a roof of palm fronds, three huge doors and 31 windows with geometric carvings, and room for about 1,000 worshippers, on a hill above the sea.

The second is the Mohammed Bin Salem Mosque near Al Qasimi Corniche in the Old Town, dating back to the 18th century with remnants of even older mosques on the same site. Its coral-stone walls and beach-rock construction are the traditional Emirati building method, carefully restored rather than replaced, and it remains an active place of worship. Together, the two mosques tell you what prayer in Ras Al Khaimah actually looks like: old stone, living congregations, and a heritage that was never turned into a museum.

Praying Beyond the City

Ras Al Khaimah is more than its city. The emirate stretches from the Corniche through desert settlements to mountain villages beneath Jebel Jais, and mosque provision follows that spread, the city has the large congregational mosques, while the smaller towns and villages have their own. If you are heading into the mountains or the desert, use this page’s city salah timetable as your base, but ask at the nearest town mosque for its congregational time: local azan times can sit a minute or two away from the city feed, and the local mosque’s announcement is what the congregation actually follows.

Qibla Direction From Ras Al Khaimah

From Ras Al Khaimah city, the Qibla sits at about 257 degrees from north, a touch further south of west than Abu Dhabi’s roughly 260, because the city sits further north and east. As with every emirate, the practical point is that you almost never need the number: the mihrab in any mosque faces it, and prayer rooms mark it. Keep the figure for the times you offer salah somewhere unmarked, outdoors or on the road, when a phone compass is all you have.

Ramadan and Sehri/Iftar in Ras Al Khaimah

Ramadan runs on the same two anchors as everywhere else — Sehri ends at Fajr and the fast opens at Maghrib — but in Ras Al Khaimah both come earlier than in the rest of the country. On 22 October 2026, for example, the live feed showed Maghrib at 5:44 PM here against 5:52 PM in Abu Dhabi, which means Iftar in Ras Al Khaimah falls about eight minutes ahead of the capital on a comparable day. Working hours across the UAE are cut by two hours a day during Ramadan, and the emirate’s mosques, including the historic ones in the Old Town, hold Taraweeh through the nights. During Ramadan, check the day’s own Fajr and Maghrib here rather than carrying another emirate’s times across the border.

Jummah in Ras Al Khaimah

On Fridays, Dhuhr is replaced by Jummah, with the khutbah delivered before the prayer. Ras Al Khaimah’s larger congregational mosques — the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Dafan Al Khor and the Mohammed Bin Salem Mosque in the Old Town among them — host the Friday congregations, and the same rule applies as in every emirate: arrive early, because Friday is the week’s biggest congregation. If you are visiting from another emirate, remember that Ras Al Khaimah’s Jummah follows Ras Al Khaimah’s own Dhuhr time, a few minutes ahead of Abu Dhabi’s.

Prayer Times in Other Emirates

Leave Ras Al Khaimah and the clock slips backwards: Sharjah and Ajman run behind it, Dubai further behind, and Abu Dhabi furthest behind of all, while Al Ain, inland to the south, sits in between. The gap is small on paper and real in practice — it is the difference between catching Fajr and missing it. The other emirates’ guides are: Prayer Time Dubai Today, Prayer Time Sharjah Today: Daily Salah Timings, Abu Dhabi Prayer Times Today 2026: Live Namaz Timings, Monthly Calendar & Qibla Guide, Ajman Prayer Times Today 2026: Namaz, Azan & Salah Timings, Monthly Calendar, Sehri/Iftar & Qibla Guide, and Al Ain Prayer Times Today 2026: Namaz, Azan & Salah Timings, Monthly Calendar, Sehri/Iftar & Qibla Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fajr really earliest in Ras Al Khaimah?

Yes, among the emirates. Ras Al Khaimah sits furthest east, so its dawn breaks first. On 22 October 2026, for example, the live feed showed Fajr at 5:00 AM in Ras Al Khaimah against 5:06 AM in Abu Dhabi.

What is the oldest mosque in Ras Al Khaimah?

The Sheikh Zayed Mosque on the old Al Qawasim Corniche road in Dafan Al Khor is described by the emirate’s tourism authority as possibly one of the oldest places of worship in the UAE still in daily use, with a restored coral-stone façade from the era of Sheikh Saqr bin Rashid Al Qasimi. The 18th-century Mohammed Bin Salem Mosque in the Old Town is another historic choice.

Do mountain villages follow the city prayer times?

Broadly yes, but with a caveat: local azan times in smaller towns and mountain villages can sit a minute or two away from the city feed. Use this page’s timetable as your base and confirm the congregational time at the nearest town mosque.

Is the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in RAK the same as Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque?

No. They share a name but are different buildings. Ras Al Khaimah’s Sheikh Zayed Mosque is a historic coral-stone mosque on the old Corniche holding about 1,000 worshippers; Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the vast modern landmark holding more than 40,000.