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Imam al-Asr Masjid (Shahe Najaf Islamic Center)

Alexandria, VA · masjid · not an IRS Form 990 filer on record

Address5501 Cherokee Ave, Alexandria, VA

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Governance & compliance

2 of 16 governance standards confirmed

How the masjid is run: its bylaws and elections, how money is counted, reported and audited, and whether its property is in good standing. The board holds the masjid as an amānah for the whole community.

  • ○ Property tax: not checked yet
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  • ✓ 501(c)(3) status
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ✓ Named resident imam
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ○ A way for members to raise concerns
  • ○ Annual financial report to the community
  • ○ Annual general meeting
  • ○ Board follows its bylaws
  • ○ Bylaws available to members
  • ○ Conflict-of-interest policy
  • ○ Founding year disclosed
  • ○ Independent audit in the last two years
  • ○ Published board / leadership
  • ○ Regular, open board elections
  • ○ Term limits for board members
  • ○ Two-person control of cash and payments
  • ○ Waqf / endowment fund
  • ○ Zakat kept separate

✓ confirmed · ○ not yet confirmed (not a finding against the mosque) · ◎ checked against public records · ◐ under review. Bylaw adherence, cash controls, zakat handling and independent audit are confirmed through an Ihsan Standard audit.

Ask the board of Imam al-Asr Masjid (Shahe Najaf Islamic Center) for an Ihsan audit

The masjid is an amānah, a trust the board holds for the whole community. The Ihsan Standard audit is an independent review of the masjid’s finances as a whole, its governance and adherence to its bylaws, and its property records, carried out under a mutual NDA. A short, kind request from members is often what gets it on the board’s agenda.

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Request to the board: an independent audit of Imam al-Asr Masjid (Shahe Najaf Islamic Center)
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I'm writing as a member of the Imam al-Asr Masjid (Shahe Najaf Islamic Center) community, and first, thank you for the time and effort the board gives to the masjid. I'd like to ask the board to consider an independent audit of the masjid by Ihsan Standard. It looks at the finances as a whole (donations coming in, how they're spent, how cash and zakat are handled), at governance and whether we're following our own bylaws, and at the property records. It's done under a mutual NDA and it isn't about blaming anyone. The point is to give the community confidence that everything is in order. The masjid is an amānah the board carries for all of us, and an audit is one of the clearest ways to honour that trust. More about how it works: https://ihsanstandard.org/audit JazakAllahu khayran,

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Community standards

website last checked May 30, 2026

The services and programs a masjid offers its community. Confirmations come from the mosque’s website, community members, the imam, the mosque itself, or an audit; higher sources are never overwritten by lower ones.

Worship

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  • ✓ Five daily congregational prayers
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ○ Eid prayers
  • ○ Jumu'ah service
  • ○ Sisters' prayer space
  • ○ Tarawih during Ramadan
  • ○ Eclipse prayers (kusūf & khusūf)

Life events

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  • ✓ Funeral / janazah services
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ✓ Counseling services
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ○ Ghusl / janazah preparation facility
  • ○ Nikah / marriage officiation

Welfare & care

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  • ○ Community food pantry / meals
  • ○ Community iftar during Ramadan
  • ○ Community zakat distribution
  • ○ Zakat collection
  • ○ Community fitness / exercise
  • ○ Segregated gym / sports facility
  • ○ Senior / elder program
  • ○ Sisters' programs

Education

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  • ✓ Children's weekend school
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ○ Adult Islamic education
  • ○ Arabic language classes
  • ○ Hifz / Quran memorization program
  • ○ Quran / tajwid classes
  • ○ Youth group / activities

Dawah

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  • ✓ Da'wah / Islam-101 for non-Muslims
    from the mosque's website · source
  • ○ New Muslim / revert education program

Outreach

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  • ○ Door-to-door outreach / visiting Muslims
  • ○ Muslim GOTV / civic engagement program

Islah · community repair

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  • ○ Addiction recovery / sobriety support
  • ○ Housing / rent / eviction-prevention assistance
  • ○ Marriage mediation / family reconciliation (ṣulḥ)
  • ○ Mental-health peer support
  • ○ Reentry / formerly-incarcerated support
  • ○ Refugee / new-immigrant settlement
  • ○ Youth mentorship / Big-Brother-style program
  • ○ Community conflict mediation / arbitration
  • ○ Halal financial literacy / debt counseling
  • ○ Job placement / skills training
  • ○ Restorative-justice / community-trauma circles

Platform

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  • ○ UmmahPassport representative
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