Share the reward. Help us build a mosque!
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Alhumdulilah we are pleased to announce that MosqueAppeal have committed to build a desperately needed, spacious and purpose-built mosque in Senegal. Fundraising for this project has been taken on by a group of young enthusiastic brothers from the UK who will be embarking on an incredible Sponsored Charity Challenge Masha’Allah! They plan to drive all [...]
Assalamualykum wa rahmatuallah
Alhumdulilah, work is currently continuing off site to produce the bricks, metal doors, window frames etc. for the new mosque. InshaAllah construction work will commence on site in Feb. We will keep you posted with progress inshaAllah.
Check out photos on our facebook page -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mosque-Appeal/147405595288704
From all the Mosque Appeal Team and on behalf of the community in Hasitillah, Mauritania we would like to wish you and your family Eid Mubarak.
We thank you once again for your generosity and pray you have a blessed and joyous Eid.
Jazak Allah khair to everyone who has donated.
Alhamdulillah, we have reached and surpassed our target. Your generosity has raised £15,500 for the mosque in Hasitillah, Mauritania.
The good news will insha’Allah be announced to the community in time for Eid and we hope for construction to start very soon.
Please check back here for regular updates.
A picture paints a thousand words so please see for yourself in the short video below what Mosque Appeal has achieved in the last few years and what we hope to achieve this year.
As well as donating money, you can start your very own fundraising page for Mosque Appeal and share the reward with all your contacts far and wide! Setting up a Virgin Money Giving page through our partner The Charity Network. It is extremely simple and hassle-free, and the great thing is- once you have made your page, you can share it with all your contacts online and keep track of the change you are making. Be the one who takes the reward for starting a good action and help the people of Hasitillah. Make your page, email it around, share it on Facebook, Twitter, anywhere and everywhere!
“Whoever directs someone to a good, then he will have the reward equal to the doer of the action.” [Muslim]
As you can see in these pictures, the current mosque is in a bad state and very overcrowded. Also shown is the assistant imam Muhammad Lamine Elhaibe.
Since Mosque Appeal began running in 2006, we have — by the grace of Allah — helped to construct 4 mosques for communities in Nepal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau.
This month we are hoping to fulfil our duty to the Muslim community of Mauritania and raise the remaining £6000 to see this much-needed mosque to completion insha’Allah.
As ever the need for this mosque is essential for the community. We recently received a letter from the Assistant Imam of the village, Muhammad Lamine Elhaibe, who wrote:
I write to appeal to you for the construction of our mosque which is not strong and is almost falling apart. Every time I enter the mosque, I am always worried that it can fall on us at any time during the prayer.
The photographs below of the existing mosque with its extremely basic facilities tell a story in and of themselves. This region of Hasitillah, Mauritania was selected on the ground of where the greatest need was. The people of the vicinity suffer from a lack of area where they are able to access knowledge of Islam directly leaving a damaging impact on families and communities as a whole. The existing mosque also lacks any regular classes, activities or events for the Muslims to convene and keep abreast of issues which concern the whole communities.
It is hoped this mosque will play a vital role in networking and welcoming the local Muslims of Hasitillah and Nema town. The Muslim community are in desperate need of a place to attain regular and reliable Islamic knowledge through lessons and classes and a place where they can learn, grow and feel the benefits of being part of a wider community. This mosque will, insha’Allah, prove to be an invaluable centre of knowledge and take its place at the heart of the Muslim community.
This project is the most eagerly awaited and needed projects Mosque Appeal has come to know of and it is hoped this is extending to neighbouring villages suffering from the same lack of facilities and communal benefits.
Mosque Appeal 2006 // Gambia
In 2006 alhamdulillah we raised over £10,000 and built two much needed mosques in rural The Gambia, helping communities in Kafuta and Duwasu.
Mosque Appeal 2007 // Guinea Bissau
The second mosque appeal in 2007 collected over £8,000 and built a 600 capacity mosque in the capital of Guinea Bissau.
Mosque Appeal 2009 // Nepal
In 2009 alhamdulillah we raised over £11,000 and built a much needed mosque helping a fledgling Muslim community in rural Nepal.
The Mosque Appeal project is run on a 100% voluntary basis by a group of brothers and sisters from the UK — i.e. no money is deducted from donations for fundraising or administration costs. Our aim insha’Allah is to seek Allah’s pleasure through helping poor communities in the developing world build for themselves mosques as a place of worship and focus for the community.
