Address 111 E. Seneca St. Ithaca, NY 14850 Islamic Community Outreach Services and Moosalla Noor are located at the heart of downtown Ithaca in a yellow house across the street from Dewitt Mall. Please use the side door for entry.
Read morePurpose رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا O my Lord increase me in knowledge. The school provides a valuable opportunity for Muslim children to learn about Islam, to learn Arabic and recitation of the Holy Quran, and to get to know other Muslim children.
Read more“Salat in congregation is twenty-seven times more meritorious than a Salat performed individually.” (Bukhari and Muslim) The daily five times prayers are held in congregation at the moosalla at set times. Please refer to the most recent prayer time table for exact times.
Read moreIf you would like to order fresh meat, please place your order by tonight (10/14):
The availability date would be at the end of the following week at the earliest.
Update: There are now close to 50 grocery items that can be ordered in addition to meat items. Please check them out and give us feedback.
Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you so much to the sisters and brothers and children who have already come to pack food and those who have volunteered. May Allah (SWT) accept and reward your efforts. Ameen.
To speak now of our fundraising efforts to pay for the food we are packing. We have raised close to $1,000 of our $2,000 goal. This is an opportunity for us to contribute locally to an effort that is providing relief for children in need in over 70 countries, and from an Islamic perspective we should remember the example of generosity and compassion shown by our Prophet (SAW). We may also do well to reflect on how we wish to be seen in the greater community, as the organizers of the event will certainly notice, so please consider donating on behalf of our community.
You can do this anonymously if you wish, by using this link to our team donation page, Tompkins County Muslims:
Brothers and sisters will be gathering to recite Dua Kumayl and have dinner Thursday (10/18) after Maghrib prayer (~6:25pm) at the moosalla.
The children Islamic school will continue this Sunday starting at 10am.
Each child is also expected to bring his or her notebook (provided on the first day of classes) each week as well as his or her own lunch.
There is no children Islamic school this Sunday (10/7). Inshaa’Allah, we will continue the following Sunday (10/14).
This is a reminder about the upcoming opportunity to share with other members of the Ithaca community in a large service project. The Ithaca MobilePack/ Feed My Starving Children event will begin at the end of next week, in which we will work to assemble food packages that will be sent to regions of the world where people are experiencing hunger and need. The event will be held at the St. Catherine of Siena Church.
This year we have reserved shifts for 10 workers on four days of the packing event. A number of people have responded and we have filled close to half of our reserved spaces, and it is now time to fill the remaining spots or open them to other people. Children five years and older are welcome to work alongside adults in the packing shifts and many children from our community are now experienced packers.
This has been a very good way for us to share the important Islamic values of charity and service to others in a context together with members of the other religious communities in Ithaca. Please support this effort by signing up to work with us, donating to raise money for the food we will pack, or both!
The following is a list of the shifts and how many places we are trying to fill for workers. Children count equally as adults.
Thursday October 11, 7-9pm: 8 spots need to be filled
Friday October 12, 8-10pm: 6 spots need to be filled
Saturday October 13, 7-9pm: 5 spots need to be filled
Sunday October 14, 4-6pm: all spots have been filled.
Please respond with the names of adults and children who will volunteer for the remaining spots, and we can register you to reserve these. If we do not fill these spots we will need to give them up for others who would like to volunteer.
A fundraising team has been formed, Tompkins County Muslims, and a link has been created so that the donations to pay for the food packed by our community can be counted together. The cost for the food packed by one volunteer is $50. Please use this link to contribute: https://give.fmsc.org/team/
Two years ago the Muslim fundraising team raised more money than any of the other teams and earned recognition for us as an important member of the local religious communities. This year we have set a $2,000 fundraising goal. Please be reminded of the virtues mentioned by our Prophet Muhammad, (peace be upon him), of those who compete with one another in good deeds.
Brothers and sisters will be gathering to recite Dua Kumayl and have dinner today (10/4) after Maghrib prayer (~6:45pm) at the moosalla.