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Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is reported to have said: “He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build a house like it for him in Paradise.” (Sahih Muslim) Based on this and many other traditions, plus the Prophet’s personal practices, building mosques and thus seeking the pleasure of Allah so that people’s collective worship is facilitated, is one of the most desirable and so rewarding activities. Mosques vary in size and function: from simple places meant for a small group of people to perform collectively their daily prayers, to large and impressive masterpieces that function as both the catalysts and centers for the development of community.

Building mosques out of societal needs falls within the category of wajib or obligation. It is an Islamic dictum that if an obligation (wajib) cannot be fulfilled without something, the latter then becomes an obligation (wajib) as well. Undeniably, an obligation is providing Muslim communities with places for collective worship and for other beneficial communal activities. Without them, Muslim communities wouldn’t be able to assert themselves and perform their expected roles both locally and internationally; their members wouldn’t be complete Muslims.

Building mosques is also considered an act of lasting charity (sadaqah jariyah), that is to say, he who builds or takes part in building a mosque, will have his good deeds being recorded even after his demise, as long as the effects of his actions in the form of the built mosque and its honorable functions are extant on earth. Indeed, the Prophet (pbuh) spoke a great deal about the concept of the lasting charity (sadaqah jariyah). In a tradition of his, he referred, among other things, to building mosques and houses for travelers as forms of the enduring charity. (Sunan Ibn Majah)