BUILDING A MASJID, BUILDING A COMMUNITY
The reward for building a Masjid
“Whatever good you send before you, you will certainly find it with Allah (swt) better and greater in reward” – Quran
Background
The New Masjid Project of Islamic Center of McLean County was inspired in 2014 to bring two small Islamic Centers located in the Bloomington/Normal area together under one roof.
Construction Status and Next Steps
Phase 1 COMPLETED:
Alhamdulillah ICMC purchased 5.89 acres of land in the spring of 2016 for just over $300,000. The majority of these funds were collected from within the community.
Phase 2 – COMPLETED:
Built a multipurpose hall to accommodate prayers, educational classes, and social gatherings. The cost of this phase was over $800,000 which were collected with the help of local and outside fund raising efforts. The multi-purpose hall was completed in spring of 2018.
Phase 3 & Beyond –IN PROGRESS:
CONSTRUCTION OF A MASJID: Alhamdulillah, we started phase 3 of our project this year.
The reward for building a Masjid
“Whatever good you send before you, you will certainly find it with Allah (swt) better and greater in reward” – Quran
We humbly request your generous support in helping us raise the required funds for the construction of Allah’s house. InshaAllah, this will be first exclusive mosque in Bloomington-Normal (small twin cities 2 hours south of Chicago). Islamic Center of McLean County has started phase 3 of our project of Masjid construction on April 2024. We ask Allah azzawajal to remove all obstacles and make the process smooth and on time.
The total cost of the project to be above 2.1 million dollars, of which 1.6 million Dollars has been raised within the local community. We have made payment about 1.58 million dollars to the builder. We have 2 more payments to make to finish the construction is about 450K $ (Updated on July 4th 2024). As per schedule construction will finish by End of October 2024. We are short of payment about 384K $ to the builders and 60K for the Sound system, security system and landscaping. So we would need to raise about 450K dollars to complete phase 3 construction by end on October 2024.
Please donate as much as possible and as soon as possible for the sake of Allah SWT. For sure Allah SWT will return you with multiples.
Allah SWT says in the Quran,
قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ ۚ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ – 34:39
Say, “ Surely, my Lord extends provision for whomsoever He wills, and straitens (it) for him. And whatever thing you spend, He replaces it, and He is the best of the sustainers
In the books of Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, our beloved Messenger of Allah, Muhammad ﷺ is narrated by Uthman bin Affa’an, to have said:
عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِثْلَهُ
“Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house like it in Paradise.”
Donate now or pledge and build a house in Jannah for yourself.