The community-health standards, in the open.

All five fard salat held in congregation each day, not just Jumu'ah.

Weekly Friday prayer with khutbah.

Nightly Tarawih prayers throughout Ramadan.

Congregational Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers held on-site or at an arranged venue.

Solar (kusūf) and lunar (khusūf) eclipse prayers convened when an eclipse occurs.

Provision (room, hall, balcony) for women to pray on-site.

On-site facility for washing the deceased.

Mosque conducts or coordinates janazah and burial.

Imam available to officiate marriages.

Pre-marital, marriage, or family counseling.

Regular food distribution to community members or the broader public.

Nightly or regular community iftars during Ramadan.

Mosque collects zakat, zakat al-fitr or general zakat.

Mosque distributes zakat to eligible community members or coordinates a local distribution program.

Active programming for women beyond prayer space, halaqas, study circles, sisters-only classes or events.

Programs serving older community members, visits, regular gatherings, dedicated halaqas.

Group fitness, sports leagues, walking clubs, or other regular exercise programming.

On-site gym or sports facility with separate spaces or times for men and women.

Pre-divorce mediation, family-reconciliation circles, or an imam-led ṣulḥ process aimed at preserving the household before separation.

Imam-led or community-board mediation of disputes between members, neighbour conflicts, business disagreements, inheritance, etc.

Halaqas or peer-support groups for members recovering from substance use, gambling, pornography, or similar struggles. Often the only halal-framed recovery space in a city.

Peer-led mental-health support groups, depression / anxiety halaqas, or a mosque-recognised list of Muslim therapists. (Distinct from generic counseling.)

Programs supporting Muslims returning from prison, housing, employment, mentorship, prison-correspondence ministry. Critical given the disproportionate rate at which Muslims (especially Black Muslims) cycle through US carceral systems.

Direct rental aid, eviction-prevention navigation, transitional housing, or a relationship with a Muslim-friendly landlord network. Distinct from generic emergency aid.

Workshops, halaqas, or 1:1 counseling on halal finance, debt elimination, riba-free mortgages, zakat planning, or estate/wasiyya planning.

Resume workshops, vocational training, job-placement help, or partnerships with employers. Often paired with reentry or refugee programs.

Direct assistance to newly-arrived refugees or immigrants, settlement navigation, ESL, asylum-case support, sponsor-family matching.

Structured 1:1 or small-group mentorship for youth, distinct from generic youth group activities. Often targets at-risk teens, recent reverts, or fatherless households.

Restorative-justice circles, community-trauma processing (police violence, hate crimes, anti-Muslim incidents), or anti-racism workshops.

Sunday school, weekend madrasa, or similar program for children.

Structured memorization program for any age.

Recitation, tajwid, or qira'a classes.

Regular classes in fiqh, aqida, seerah, or hadith for adults.

Classes for learning Arabic (Quranic, MSA, or both).

Dedicated programming for teens and young adults.

Structured curriculum or class series for new Muslims, fundamentals of faith, prayer, fiqh basics.

Open programs, classes, or tours where non-Muslims can learn about Islam.

Mosque organises door-knocking, neighbourhood canvassing, or systematic visits to Muslims in the community. Almost no US mosque is currently doing this; the dashboard surfaces the gap and links to setup guidance (see Muslim GOTV).

Mosque runs a get-out-the-vote or civic engagement program, voter registration drives, candidate forums, ballot education in community languages. Builds on top of door-knocking and community-visit infrastructure; without a real community-engagement base, GOTV is a top-down exercise that doesn't move the needle.

An imam is publicly identified, with a bio or contact.

Mosque maintains a waqf (Islamic endowment), a perpetual charitable fund for the mosque's long-term independence from year-to-year donations. A classical Islamic financial instrument.

Names of board members or shura on the website.

Year the mosque was established is visible on the site.

Mosque is a registered US nonprofit.

The mosque's buildings are held in the organisation's name, carry the property-tax exemption they qualify for, and appear on no county tax-sale or lien-sale list. Checked against county records (ihsanstandard.org/property-check).

The masjid's constitution and bylaws are published or available to any member who asks, so the community knows how the board is chosen and how decisions are made.

Board meetings are held and minuted as the bylaws require, quorum is met, officers serve within their terms, and decisions go through the bodies the bylaws name. Confirmed by audit.

Board or shura elections are held on the schedule the bylaws set, with published dates, clear eligibility for candidates and voters, and an independent count.

Board and officer terms have a fixed length and a limit on consecutive terms, so leadership renews.

At least once a year the members meet, hear the financial report and the board's account of the year, and can ask questions.

Income, spending and reserves for the year are shared with the community: what came in, where it went, what is set aside.

Donation boxes and Jumu'ah collections are counted by at least two unrelated people and deposited promptly; payments need two signatories.

A written policy requires board members to disclose personal or family interests and step out of decisions on them, such as contracts with relatives.

Zakat is held apart from general funds and paid out only to eligible recipients, with a record the board can show.

The masjid's books and governance were reviewed by an independent party, such as an Ihsan Standard audit (done under NDA) or a CPA review, within the last two years.

Members have a clear, safe way to raise concerns with the board and get an answer, without fear of being shut out.

A verified community member has claimed this mosque as their org_official on UmmahPassport. (Initially false for every mosque; the dashboard surfaces this as a one-tap call to action for community members to set it up.)