All five daily prayers are at the hotel now — and the building that will become the masjid is under contract.
There is no masjidin Abilene.
A year ago, ten of us prayed Jummah in a borrowed room. Today it’s ninety on Fridays and five prayers a day, every day, in a hotel. We found a building. $28,000 left to close on it.
Jum’ah at the hotel — and all five daily prayers, every day.
$0raised so far, alhamdulillah
of a $180,000 goal
$28,000 left to close on the building — that is the deadline that matters right now.
Why Abilene, why now
Dallas has fifty masajid. Abilene has one room with church pews in it.
Your zakat and sadaqah do real work anywhere. But there are places where a dollar is the difference between a community existing and not. This is one of them.
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Friday attendance in one year
When the musallah opened, ten to fifteen people came for Jummah. Now it’s eighty-five to ninety, and families are still arriving.
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New workers, and their families
The Stargate data center, the first site of a $500 billion AI buildout, is being finished on the edge of town. Muslim engineers, contractors and their families are already showing up on Fridays.
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People, and no masjid
Abilene is a mid-sized city of 130,000 with no big city nearby. If this masjid doesn’t get built, there is no other one to drive to.
The building
We have the building. Now we have to close on it.
It’s a modest, solid building on a corner lot with parking for forty cars. The pews come out, the carpet goes down, a mihrab goes in. We’re showing you the real thing, because that’s what your money is buying.
Walk through it yourself
A one-minute walkthrough from Shelton Street: the hall with the benches already coming out, the restrooms, the office that becomes the imam’s residence, and the parking all around the building.
Figures mentioned in the video are from the day it was filmed — the goal bar above is always current.
Read the transcript
Assalamu Alaikum. As you can see, we are already under contract. We are pending. We have paid $10,000 for the church, and we have to pay another $150,000. We have raised $70,000 so far. You can see this church, it is close to 3,000 square feet, and I will be showing the church on the inside.
I’m just waiting for the seller to come. Meanwhile, I’m just showing it to you from here. We have ample parking, and we have gotten into a contract, paid $10,000, and we have collected close to $70,000. And Inshallah, whatever balance amount is there, we are requesting everybody to contribute, and let’s take possession.
We have these benches here. We have removed it, you can see, for the restroom and for the men’s restroom. And this is the office, which we will convert for the Imam of the masjid, so he can stay and live here. So Alhamdulillah, we are going to go ahead with the closing [later this year], Inshallah. Please make dua.
135 Shelton Street — under contract, deposit paid.
The main hall. Room for about 120 in prayer rows.
Parking for about 40 cars, with room to grow.
Side entrance — planned as the sisters' entry.
What the renovation covers
- Prayer hallRemove pews, install carpet, build a simple mihrab and minbar, add wudu-friendly flooring at the entrance.
- Wudu & restroomsConvert existing restrooms and add wudu stations for brothers and sisters.
- Sisters' section & classroomPartition and a dedicated entrance, plus a room for weekend Quran classes for kids.
The numbers
Where every dollar goes.
No salaries, no overhead. The building is under contract, a deposit is paid, and the community has already put in what it can.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Building purchase | $160,000 |
| Renovation — wudu facilities, carpet, a women's prayer area | $20,000 |
| Total | $180,000 |
| Deposit already paid to the seller | $10,000 |
| Raised by the community — cash, checks, Zelle and online | $122,000 |
| Raised so far | $132,000 |
| Still needed to close on the building | $28,000 |
| Still needed in total | $48,000 |
Figures updated November 8, 2026. We post progress every Friday.
Sadaqah jariyah
Build a piece of it with your name on the reward, not the wall.
“Whoever builds a masjid for Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.” — Sahih al-Bukhari. Every prayer in this building counts for the people who built it.
$100
One square foot
Carpet, paint and lighting for one square foot of prayer hall. About 1,200 to cover.
Sponsor a square foot$1,000
Founding family
One of the first hundred families to fund the masjid. Your family's dua at every Jummah for as long as the masjid stands.
Become a founding family$5,000
Sponsor a space
Fund a whole room: the mihrab, the wudu area, the sisters' section or the children's classroom.
Sponsor a space
Donate
Four ways to give, all of it goes to the building.
Quick donate
Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay — takes under a minute, and 100% of your donation reaches the masjid.
Donate nowGoFundMe
Our campaign page — card or bank transfer, works from anywhere.
Give on GoFundMe
Or point your phone camera at the code.
Zelle
Fastest, no fees. Send to:
mumtazshamimfoundation@gmail.comAdd the note “Masjid e Aamina” so we can track it.
Cash
Brothers and sisters can give cash in person at the front desk at the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites, 849 East Highway 80 — ask for Brother Hamza and you’ll get a receipt on the spot.
Masjid e Aamina is a project of the Mumtaz Shamim Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Visit us
Five prayers a day, every day — and Jummah on Fridays. Come join us.
Masjid e AaminaEcono Lodge Inn & Suites
849 East Highway 80, Abilene, TX 79601
Until we close on 135 Shelton Street, all five daily prayers and Jummah are held at the hotel.
Prayer times
| Fajr | 6:15 AM |
|---|---|
| Dhuhr | 1:30 PM |
| Asr | 5:30 PM |
| Maghrib | Sunset |
| Isha | 9:00 PM |
| Jummah khutbah | 2:00 PM |
| Jummah salah | 2:25 PM |
Full schedule on the prayer times page.
