A permanent masjid
The second masjid of the project, built to receive the community every day, with room to teach and to sit.
A charitable project · Damascus, Syria
خَيْرَةُ اللّٰهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ
KhayratalLahi min ardihi
Establishing a knowledge community on Allah's chosen land in Syria.
Phase 1One war-damaged masjid in Saalih al-Qadam, offered to the project.
5 dunamsLand in al-Ghoutah for the permanent community, to be purchased.
70–100Orphaned girls to be housed, schooled and cared for.
The hadith of Abu al-Darda'
إِنَّ فُسْطَاطَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَ الْمَلْحَمَةِ بِالْغُوطَةِ، عِنْدَ مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا دِمَشْقُ، مِنْ أَجْوَدِ مُدُنِ الشَّامِ.
“The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the war will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Syria.”
Sunan Abi Dawud 4298 · graded sahih by Al-Albani
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The offered masjid, Saalih al-Qadam
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What is in our hands now.
Phase 1 · Saalih al-Qadam, DamascusA war-damaged masjid has been offered to the project. Its dome, minaret and main structure stand. Its interior needs everything.
In Saalih al-Qadam, a neighbourhood in the south of Damascus, a masjid damaged by the war has been offered to the project. The offer is the reason this site exists. It is not a vision written on paper first, but a building that is already there, and a community that has stayed around it.
The offer is a usufruct arrangement: a right to use and restore the property, on endowment land, for a fixed term. It is not a sale, and we do not describe it as one. The terms are being confirmed in writing, and this page will carry them when they are.
Restoration of this masjid is the first act of the project. Restore the house of Allah, and build the community around it.
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Site footage — the masjid exterior
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Photographs — the interior before restoration
Slot 2 of 2 · photographsThe offer, as it currently stands
LocationSaalih al-Qadam, Damascus, Syria
PhasePhase 1 — the first act of the project
Standing todayDome, minaret and main structure
InteriorFull restoration required
TenureUsufruct on endowment land, for a fixed term
Written termsBeing confirmed — not yet signed
Structural surveyPending an engineer's assessment
Funds disbursed for this phaseNone. Nothing moves until the terms are written.
What stands today
Dome and minaretstanding
Main structurestanding
The endowment landin place
A community around itpresent
What restoration requires
Interior plaster and stoneworkfull
Water, drainage and electricityto install
Prayer hall, washrooms, entranceto rebuild
Structural assessmentpending
Imagery on this page is deliberately empty. The project shows its real site or nothing: no stock photographs of Syria, and no photographs of children who are not in our care.
02 — The vision
After the masjid, a community.
Phase 2 and beyond · al-GhoutahA permanent community in al-Ghoutah, on five dunams of purchased land, held as waqf for the generations after us.
On the land: a masjid, a school, housing and care for 70 to 100 orphaned girls, green space, and shops whose income sustains the work rather than a fundraising cycle.
We are describing a generational waqf, not a campaign. The land is bought first. The masjid and the school are built next. The shops are built so that the work does not have to ask again every year.
5dunams planned for purchase — land not yet acquired
70–100orphaned girls in the planned housing and care community — a future capacity, not a current beneficiary count
Waqfa generational intention, developed only after the first masjid responsibilities are met
The intended community programmeProgramme diagram · not a measured site plan
A school
A school for the children of the community, with a curriculum taught by people who know them by name.
Care for 70–100 orphaned girls
A home, food, schooling and people responsible for them. The number is a planning range, not a figure we have reached.
Green space
Open ground and trees. Somewhere for children to be children, inside the waqf.
Shops that sustain the work
Income-producing shops, held in the waqf, so that the care does not depend on asking again every year.
Registered as endowment
Land and buildings registered as waqf, so that they cannot be sold, inherited or divided.
A permanent asset for worship, learning and care — with earned income intended to help the work endure beyond a single campaign.
Five dunams in al-Ghoutah. Status: not purchased, and the land fund is not open. This is a plan described plainly, not a completed fact.
03 — What we need
Three costs, stated plainly.
What the project needs money for, in the order it will be needed. Where a figure has not been quoted, the page says so rather than guessing.
01[to be confirmed]Awaiting written survey
Masjid restoration, Saalih al-Qadam
Full interior restoration: plaster and stonework, water, drainage and electricity, prayer hall, washrooms and entrance, after an engineer's assessment.
02[to be confirmed]Programme not begun
First-year operations for orphan care
Housing, food, schooling and care staff for 70–100 orphaned girls for the first year, designed with the people who will run it.
03[to be confirmed]Land not purchased
The al-Ghoutah land fund
Five dunams of land in al-Ghoutah, purchased and registered as waqf before any building begins.
No figure on this page has been invented. Each line stays [to be confirmed] until a written quotation or a signed contract exists, and each figure will be dated when it is published. Nothing here is a target we have costed, and no pledge is counted as money in hand.
What we will not do
Publish a cost we have not been quoted.01
Count a pledge as money in hand.02
Begin restoration before the structural assessment.03
Use restoration money for operations, or operations money for land.04
04 — Amaanah
Every donation is an amaanah. It is not ours to spend on intention.
We would rather raise this slowly and truthfully than quickly and carelessly. That is the whole of our fundraising policy.
01
No funds move until the terms are confirmed in writing.
Not a deposit, not a preparation fee. Nothing is transferred against an unwritten arrangement on the Qadam masjid.
02
No restoration work begins until a structural engineer has assessed the masjid.
The assessment defines the work and the cost. We publish it in full, including anything that makes the project more expensive or smaller than we hoped.
03
Donors receive updates at every stage.
Including the stages that go badly. If the agreement fails, you are told before you are asked for anything else.
04
Designated funds stay designated.
Restoration money is not spent on operations; operations money is not spent on land. Any change is stated in writing and published.
05
Honest figures only.
Where there is no number yet, the page shows none. No countdowns, no matching deadline, no pressure dressed as urgency.
If an answer does not satisfy you, ask again. The contact details below reach the people responsible, not a form.
05 — The record
What has happened, and what has not.
The project's written record. Entries are added when something is confirmed, and left visible when it is still pending.
This log is held in the project database and is the same record sent to donors who ask to be kept informed.
01
The war-damaged masjid in Saalih al-Qadam is offered to the project.
An offer of usufruct on endowment land has been made and accepted in principle. The dome, minaret and main structure stand; the interior needs full restoration.
Received02
The terms of the offer are being confirmed in writing.
The usufruct arrangement, its fixed term and the responsibilities of each side are being set down on paper. No funds have been requested or moved against an unwritten arrangement.
In progress03
A structural engineer's assessment of the masjid.
The assessment will define the restoration work and its cost. No restoration contract will be signed before it is complete, and the result will be published here.
Pending04
Five dunams of land in al-Ghoutah.
The land has not been purchased and the land fund is not open. This entry will change only when a purchase is complete and registered as waqf.
Not started05
The programme for 70–100 orphaned girls.
The programme will be designed with the people who will run it, before any money is collected for it. No operating funds are being taken today.
Not startedReceive the written updates
One message when something is confirmed: the written terms, the structural assessment, the first quotation. Not before.
Your address is used for these updates only. It is not shared, sold, or added to any other list.
06 — Donate
If you give, this is what your money waits for.
Donations are being prepared for the Qadam restoration. Funds are held until the written terms and the structural assessment are in place, then released against published costs.
Donation link to be added by the project: [DONATION LINK TO BE ADDED]
The button becomes live when the payment link is added. Until then, write to [EMAIL] if you wish to be told when it opens.
What your donation will be used forWhat it will not be used for
The interior restoration of the Saalih al-Qadam masjid, against published quotations.
The structural engineer's assessment, published in full.
Nothing else. Restoration funds are not used for land or for operations.
Salaries or administration not tied to the restoration.
The al-Ghoutah land purchase, which has its own fund.
Anything that has not been quoted and published.
07 — Contact
Write to the people responsible.
Questions about the offer, the survey, the figures or the waqf are welcome, including the difficult ones.
Email[EMAIL]For donation enquiries, waqf and legal questions, and press.
WhatsApp[WHATSAPP]For the project team on the ground in Damascus. Voice notes are welcome.
Do you have footage of the site? If you have video or photographs of the Saalih al-Qadam masjid, send them. The page will carry the real site or nothing.
خَيْرَةُ اللّٰهِ مِنْ أَرْضِهِ