Mian ChannuDonateMian ChannuDonateMian Channu · Khanewal · Punjab
Open every day, to everyone. Prayer, learning, food, and accounts anyone may read.
خير الناس من ينفع الناس
The best of people are those who benefit people
Plate I
الصلاة
Next jama'ah
Fajr
5:10 am
Set by the masjid, and read straight off the board inside. They change here the moment they change there.
Jumu'ah
1:35 pm
Urdu khutbah
Plate II
II
آيةُ اليوم
Ayah of the day · 23 September
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ
Al-Baqarah · 2:261English
The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is that of a grain that grows seven ears, and in every ear a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies for whom He wills.
اردو
جو لوگ اپنا مال اللہ کی راہ میں خرچ کرتے ہیں ان کی مثال اس دانے کی سی ہے جس سے سات بالیں نکلیں، ہر بالی میں سو دانے ہوں۔ اور اللہ جس کے لیے چاہے بڑھا دیتا ہے۔
Plate III
III
حديثُ اليوم
Hadith of the day
مَنْ بَنَى مَسْجِدًا لِلَّهِ بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
Sahih · Bukhari 450 · Muslim 533English
Whoever builds a masjid for Allah, Allah will build for him one like it in Paradise.
اردو
جس نے اللہ کے لیے مسجد بنائی، اللہ اس کے لیے جنت میں ویسا ہی گھر بنائے گا۔
Plate V
V
الحياة
Iftar on the long nights. Children who arrive not knowing the alphabet and leave reciting. Rations carried out to families who never asked publicly. This is the part nobody photographs, and it is the part worth showing.
Plate XII
XII
الأمانة
Every rupee in and out, with the receipt attached, downloadable by anyone without asking permission. These figures are added up from the ledger itself — nobody types them.
The ledger opens the day the first entry is written into it. Nothing is shown here until there is something real to show — an invented figure would defeat the whole point of the page.
Plate VIII
VIII
الخدمات
Most of it does not need a form, an appointment, or money. Where there is a number, it is answered by a person.
Washing, shrouding, the prayer and the burial. Call at any hour — there is no form for this, and nobody is turned away for money.
Come to the masjid, any hourThe imam performs the nikah at the masjid or at your home, with the paperwork witnessed and registered.
At the masjidAnyone wishing to accept Islam is welcome without appointment. You will be taught wudu and salah, and nobody will rush you.
At the masjidMarriage, debt, grief, a question about deen. Free, private, and the imam keeps what is said to himself.
At the masjidQur'an and basic deen for children, mornings and after Asr. No child is refused for inability to pay the fee.
At the masjidMonthly flour, rice, oil and lentils to families in the surrounding chaks. Referrals are kept confidential.
At the masjidPlate IX
IX
الزيارة
Written for anyone who has never been inside a masjid, and for travellers who only need somewhere to pray.
Qibla from Mian Channu
264° — very slightly south of due west.
Mian Channu, Khanewal district, on the main road. Parking for around twenty vehicles in the courtyard, free, always.
Yes. Any day, without an appointment, and nobody will ask you anything or expect anything from you.
Clothes that cover the shoulders and knees. Women are welcome to cover their hair; a scarf is kept by the door if you need one.
The separate entrance is on the left side of the building, with its own wudu area and prayer hall upstairs.
There are racks at every door. Nothing has ever gone missing, but you may carry them in if you prefer.
Welcome, and we will walk your group through what happens in a prayer. Ring a week ahead so a teacher is free.
Come in. Any day. Nobody will ask you anything.
Get directionsPlate XII
XII
الموقع
Mian Channu, Khanewal district. The gate is open from before Fajr until after Isha, every day of the year.
Plate X
X
أهل المسجد
Named, with faces. Trust in a masjid comes from people you can ask for by name at the door, not from a logo.
Name to come
Imam
leads the prayer, teaches, and sits with whoever needs him
Name to come
Qari sahib
teaches Qur'an at the madrasah, mornings
Name to come
Trustee — chairman
signs off every rupee that leaves the ledger
Name to come
Trustee — treasurer
keeps the accounts and answers for them
Plate XI
XI
البرنامج
Everything expires by itself. Nothing on this page is older than the day it applies to.
Plate XIV
XIV
التعلّم
No leaderboards, no scores shown to anyone else, and never “wrong” — only “not yet”. Free, offline, and given away to any masjid that wants them.
Plate XIII
XIII
أسئلة
Some of it. Rations, medical help and support for students in need are zakat-eligible. Electricity, construction and the imam's wage are not — those are sadaqah. When you give, you choose which, and zakat is held and reported as a separate fund with its own balance.
Every rupee in and out is in the open ledger with a photograph of the receipt attached, and you can download the whole thing as a spreadsheet without asking anyone. We also publish what we spend on running costs rather than claiming every rupee reaches the poor — no masjid can honestly claim that.
Yes, and most people do. Cash given at the masjid is entered into the same ledger by the treasurer with a note, so it appears in the totals like everything else. You do not have to give your name.
No. Donor names are never published anywhere on this site. Anonymity in sadaqah is the higher position, and we would rather keep it that way for everyone than make it an option some people have to ask for.
Yes, any day, without an appointment. You will not be asked to do anything, and nobody will try to convert you. If you want to know what is happening during a prayer, ask and someone will explain it.
A trustee board, named on this site with photographs. The chairman signs off every payment and the treasurer keeps the accounts and answers for them.
Plate XV
XV
الصدقة
مَن ذَا الَّذي يُقرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرضًا حَسَنًا
Electricity, water, the imam, the madrasah teachers, and the rations that go out on Thursdays. Unglamorous, and it is what a masjid actually runs on.
The accounts are being opened in the trust's name. Until they are, give at the masjid and ask for it to be written into the ledger — it will appear on this site the same day.
Zakat · Sadaqah · Sadaqah jariyah · General — zakat is held and reported separately