--- description: Muslims from all over the world will honor Muhammad Ali in a prayer service Thursday in Louisville, Ky. title: Watch Live: Mourners Gather for Muhammad Ali's Muslim Prayer Service image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf915fef98eb4ed/6988971a3c1639923f45d93f/muhammad-ali-eulogy-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Rememberance](/tag/rememberance/) ## Rememberance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Mourners Gather for Muhammad Ali's Muslim Prayer Service by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:28 AM CUTPublished: Jun 9, 2016 2:57 PM CUT  A portrait of Muhammad Ali is displayed next to a pair of boxing gloves at the I Am Ali Festival at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Louisville, June 8, 2016. A portrait of Muhammad Ali is displayed next to a pair of boxing gloves at the I Am Ali Festival at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Louisville, June 8, 2016.David Goldman—AP by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:28 AM CUTPublished: Jun 9, 2016 2:57 PM CUT Muslims from all over the world will honor [Muhammad Ali](http://time.com/4357436/muhammad-ali-dead-sonny-liston-fight-photo/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") in a prayer service Thursday in Louisville, Ky. Over 14,000 people will attend the service at the Freedom Hall at 12 p.m. ET. The Jenazah prayer service is open to all, but organizers say it is meant especially as a chance for Muslims to [mourn](http://time.com/4358111/laila-ali-muhammad-ali/?iid=sr-link10 "undefined") and remember [Ali](http://time.com/3537167/muhammad-ali-dead-photos-gallery/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined"). Ali [died last Friday at 74](http://time.com/3646214/muhammad-ali-dead-obituary/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"). As [a young athlete](http://time.com/muhammad-ali/?iid=sr-link8 "undefined"), he joined the Nation of Islam, the black separatist religious movement. Years later, he embraced mainstream Islam and became a global representative of his faith. The service will last 15 to 20 minutes and is comprised of four recitations of “Allahu Akbar” or “God is Great,” as well as silent prayers between a reading from the Koran, a blessing for Abraham, a general prayer for the deceased and a prayer for everyone at the funeral. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e8af8f7346c44165885e0980315a4da9/ali-be-mourned-traditional-muslim-prayer-service#ifrndnloc "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4362472/muslim-prayer-service-muhammad-ali/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4362472/muslim-prayer-service-muhammad-ali/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Mourners Gather for Muhammad Ali's Muslim Prayer Service","datePublished":"2016-06-09T14:57:09.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T08:28:48.000Z","description":"The service is meant to give Muslims from around the world a chance to mourn Ali","url":"https://time.com/4362472/muslim-prayer-service-muhammad-ali/","keywords":["Rememberance","Newsfeed","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf915fef98eb4ed/6988971a3c1639923f45d93f/muhammad-ali-eulogy-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cf915fef98eb4ed/6988971a3c1639923f45d93f/muhammad-ali-eulogy-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Muhammad Ali Memorial","caption":"A portrait of Muhammad Ali is displayed next to a pair of boxing gloves at the I Am Ali Festival at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Louisville, June 8, 2016.","creditText":"David Goldman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/rememberance/","name":"Rememberance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4362472/muslim-prayer-service-muhammad-ali/","name":"Watch Live: Mourners Gather for Muhammad Ali's Muslim Prayer Service"}}]}] ```