​We sincerely thank all of our generous donors for their helpful contributions towards our noble cause of building a new centre for the Muslims in the Waterloo Region. This building will offer many services that our current location does not have such as a bathing and shrouding (Ghusl & Kafan) room for the community, as well as modern classrooms for our future full-time Islamic school, Al-Hayaat.​

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Work on the new IHS Masjid and Islamic Centre has been progressing gradually over the past few years, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous obstacles we have faced during this challenging time. On multiple occasions, the provincial government ceased all non-essential construction work in an effort to curb the spread of the virus, and the IHS project falls under this category, so we lost quite a bit of time. In addition, some donors who had pledged amounts either lost their employment, or had their work hours cut back quite significantly, and could not fulfill their commitments. Thus, we are quite behind in our fundraising. However, by the grace of the Almighty Creator, blessings of the AhlulBayt (AS), and the support of our community, a majority of the project has been completed. Images documenting the progress of construction on this centre can be found here.

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​Costs​

​​​​​​​​The total project cost was $7 million CAD, which included the land, architecture, legal and construction costs inclusive.  At the time of preparing this update, we have collected approximately $6.5 million. We are only $0.5 million short, and are requesting Mo’mineen to assist in this noble cause. Those who wish to sponsor a classroom, main hall or section of the Centre are invited to visit call us at (519) 576-7111 for more details and specific costs.

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IHS is authorized by all leading Mara’ja Taqlid to accept and utilize Khums Sahme Imam (AS) towards our work. Please support our project and encourage your family and friends to do the same. May Allah ta ala reward you.​​​ For the convenience of readers, the following donation options are available:

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• Individual Bricks:        $25 each

• Square Foot:                  $300 per square foot

• Madressa Classroom:  $150,000 each (6 available)

• Lecture Hall – Gents:   $250,000 (1 available)

• Lecture Hall – Ladies: $250,000 (1 available)

• Masjid – Gents:              Donated (0 available)

• Masjid – Ladies:            $250,000 (1 available)

• General Donation:        Any amount appreciated